History A-Level
Consequences for British rule
What Consequences for British rule means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Wartime pressures accelerated nationalist demands, prompting the 1917 Montagu Declaration and the 1919 Government of India Act, while disappointment and the repressive 1919 Rowlatt Act culminated in the Amritsar Massacre.
Topics that use Consequences for British rule
- The First World War and its impact on British India, 1914–20 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Amritsar massacre
- dyarchy
- Economic significance of India to Britain
- Imperial control and administration
- Indian National Congress
- Response to the outbreak of war
- Rise of Indian nationalism
- satyagraha
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