WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE WORLD BETWEEN THE WARS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What promises were made to the Indian people in exchange for their service under Britain in World War I?
A
Complete and immediate independence
B
Repeal of the Rowlatt Act
C
Reforms that would eventually lead to self-government
D
Justice for the victims of the Amritsar Massacre
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What did the British promise in exchange for Indian nationalist backing during world war one? greater self-governance.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Indian Independence Act 1947 (1947, Chapter 30, 10 and 11; Geo 6) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that partitioned British India into the two new independent dominions of India and Pakistan.

Detailed explanation-3: -The British government took possession of the company’s assets and imposed direct rule. The raj was intended to increase Indian participation in governance, but the powerlessness of Indians to determine their own future without the consent of the British led to an increasingly adamant national independence movement.

Detailed explanation-4: -The steps taken by British government to satisfy the Indian Nationalists opposing the Simon Commission are as under; (i) Birkenhead asked the Indians to make a constitution for themselves. (ii) Birkenhead asked every section of in India to accept the constitution unanimously.

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