HIST-281 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Delhi Durbar, Rowlatt Act
5 Nov 2020
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Inc was dominated by moderate and militant wings. Lord curzon"s partition of bengal of 1905: into a hindu west and muslim east was ostensibly to make administration easier. Many felt it was a cynical ploy to divide and rule indians among communal grounds: minto-moley reforms of 1909. Indians appointed as advisors to the viceroy and secretary of state for india. These were for indians on provincial legislative councils. It increased the number of positions on those councils. The franchise was very narrow and the power of the legislative councils was limited to social and domestic issues. The reforms cemented the principle of representive politics. Indians would now elect their own representatives to government. For morley, the liberal secretary of state for india, the main purpose of british imperial rule was to bequeath the institution of parliament: delhi durbar (1911): the nizam of hyderabad pays homage to the emperor and empress.
