POLI 343 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Indian Independence Movement
25 Feb 2016
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At the time, it included modern day india, pakistan and. In return for its contributions during the war, the uk promised. Many provincial powers were given over to india in 1919, but britain retained control over most national aspects of government. Arguably the most important part of the empire after great. It housed the vast majority of the empire"s population, considerable natural resources, and by virtue of sheer mass was one of the most important markets for british exports, especially cloth, before the war. British textile production dropped in the postwar depression, though, and at the same time mohandas. Gandhi"s independence movement called for indians to boycott british textiles and weave their own cloth. The initiative was a huge success, devastating a british industry that depended on the protectionist system of the empire to remain competitive ballooning. Huge anti-british protests, especially in the 30"s when. More than 60 000 were arrested for civil disobedience in.
