Governors-General and Viceroys: a cross-cutting reference
Viceroys 1899-1947
Practise 4 PYQsConcepts to cover
- Curzon: Calcutta Corporation Act 1899, Police Commission 1902, Universities Act 1904, Ancient Monuments Act 1904, NWFP 1901, Tibet expedition, Partition of Bengal 1905
- Minto II: Muslim League 1906, Surat split, Morley-Minto 1909, Newspaper Act 1908; Hardinge II: Delhi Durbar 1911, annulment of partition and capital to Delhi, Delhi bomb 1912, Ghadar, Hindu University Act 1915
- Chelmsford: Lucknow Pact, Montagu declaration and 1919 Act, Rowlatt Act, Jallianwala Bagh, Delhi War Conference 1918, Sadler Commission, Third Anglo-Afghan war, Chamber of Princes 1921
- Reading: Chauri Chaura and withdrawal, Moplah rising, Swaraj Party, repeal of Rowlatt Act 1922, Lee Commission 1924, Muddiman Committee, Kakori, Trade Unions Act 1926
- Irwin: Simon Commission and Butler Committee 1927, Nehru Report, Deepavali declaration 1929, Lahore Congress, Dandi and Civil Disobedience, First RTC, Gandhi-Irwin Pact 1931
- Willingdon: Second and Third RTC, Communal Award 1932 (under Prime Minister MacDonald), Poona Pact, ordinance repression, Government of India Act 1935, RBI 1935, Burma separated
- Linlithgow: 1937 elections and Congress ministries, their resignation 1939, August Offer, Cripps Mission, Quit India, Bengal famine 1943; longest tenure
- Wavell: Simla conference 1945, INA trials, Cabinet Mission, interim government, RIN mutiny; Mountbatten: 3 June Plan, Independence Act, Radcliffe award, first Governor-General of free India; C. Rajagopalachari last Governor-General
Where to study
A Brief History of Modern India · Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum)
- ch. 5 Expansion and Consolidation of British Power in India
- ch. 26 Constitutional, Administrative and Judicial Developments
- ch. 27 Survey of British Policies in India
Our Pasts III, Class VIII, Chapter 8: The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947
- ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, Freedom is our birthright, p. 5 (printed 97)
- ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, Freedom is our birthright, p. 6 (printed 98)
- ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, The Rowlatt Satyagraha, p. 8 (printed 100)
- ch. 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947, The happenings of 1922-1929, p. 11 (printed 103)
India’s Struggle for Independence, 1857–1947 · Bipan Chandra and others
- ch. 10 The Swadeshi Movement 1903-1908, pp. 124-134
- ch. 11 The Split in the Congress and the Rise of Revolutionary Terrorism, pp. 135-145
- ch. 14 Gandhiji's Early Career and Activism, pp. 170-183
- ch. 19 The Years of Stagnation: Swarajists, No-Changers and Gandhiji, pp. 235-246
- ch. 21 The Gathering Storm 1927-1929, pp. 260-269
- ch. 22 Civil Disobedience 1930-1932, pp. 270-283
- ch. 23 From Karachi to Wardha: The Years from 1932-1934, pp. 284-295
- ch. 34 The Crisis at Tripuri to the Cripps Mission, pp. 443-456
- ch. 35 The Quit India Movement and the INA, pp. 457-472
- ch. 37 Freedom and Partition, pp. 487-504
Themes in Indian History Part III, Class XII, Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement: Civil Disobedience and Beyond
- Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement, 3.1 Dandi; 3.2 Dialogues, pp. 12-15 (printed 297-300)
- Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement, 3.2 Dialogues, p. 16 (printed 301)
- Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement, 3.2 Dialogues (Fig. 11.10), p. 17 (printed 302)
- Theme 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement, 4. Quit India, p. 19 (printed 304)