Colonial Administrators 1914-1950

• After the Amritsar Massacre Gandhi started his campaigns for Indian independence.
• Name 4 of Gandhi's movements 


  Non-Co-operation Movement of 1920

  The Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930-31

  The Civil Disobedience Movement of 1932-34

  The Quit India Movement of 1942
• Upon gaining independence in 1947, Gandhi was against partition of the country. Preaching harmonious relations between Hindus and Muslims.
• Edwin Montagu:

  • Secretary of State for India from 1917-1922
  • Responsible for many reforms including the Government of India Act 1919.
• Lord Linlithgow:

  • Viceroy of India from 1935-1943.
  • Actively promoted Indian rights and representation, believing that this would weaken extremists.
• Lord Linlithgow:

  • Was an implacable opponent to Gandhi and ordered the Civil Disobedience Movements to be suppressed.
  • Praised in Britain and blamed in India for division of economic development and his reluctance to press Britain for aid during the 1943 Bengal Famine (killing 3 million people).
• Sir Charles Arden-Clarke:

  • Became governor of the Gold Coast in 1949.
  • The Gold Coast would become the first African colonies to achieve independence after WW2.
  • Helped facilitate self-rule rather than barrier it.