Viceroys after Canning: Mayo to Mountbatten
Learn how Mayo's 1870 resolution opened the first phase of local self-government under British rule.
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Mayo Resolution and Local Self-Government, 1870
Learn how Mayo's 1870 resolution opened the first phase of local self-government under British rule.
Open article →Lytton and the Madras Famine, 1876-1878
Examine the Madras famine, colonial non-intervention and the consequences of Lytton's hands-off policy.
Open article →Ripon Resolution and Local Self-Government, 1882
Understand Ripon's landmark resolution and why he is called the father of local self-government in India.
Open article →Curzon and the Partition of Bengal, 1905
Trace Curzon's partition plan, its communal-linguistic design and the nationalist response.
Open article →Minto-Morley Reforms and the Responsible-Government Gap
Understand why moderates expected constitutional change but remained disappointed with the Minto-Morley reforms.
Open article →Chelmsford: Reforms and the Rowlatt Act, 1919
Compare the promise of the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms with nationalist disappointment and the Rowlatt Act.
Open article →Irwin and Civil Disobedience, 1930-1931
Follow Gandhi's demands to Viceroy Irwin, the Civil Disobedience Movement and the Gandhi-Irwin Pact.
Open article →Linlithgow, the August Offer and Wartime Nationalism, 1940-1942
Trace the August Offer, Individual Satyagraha and the wartime sequence that culminated in Quit India.
Open article →Wavell Plan and Simla Conference, 1945-1946
Study Wavell's Executive Council proposal, the Simla deadlock and the electoral aftermath.
Open article →Mountbatten Plan and the Transfer of Power, 1947
Trace Mountbatten's arrival, the 3 June plan, the Independence Act and the creation of two dominions.
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