Gopal Krishna Gokhale was the political mentor of Mahatma Gandhi. Upon Gandhi’s return to India from South Africa in 1915, Gokhale advised him to travel across India for a year to understand the country’s ground realities before entering active politics. ...
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Charles Freer Andrews, a British missionary and a close friend of Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore, was titled ‘Dinabandhu,’ meaning “Friend of the Poor.” He earned this name through his tireless work for the rights of Indian indentured laborers and ...
The Simon Commission arrived in India in February 1928 to review the working of the Government of India Act 1919 and suggest further reforms. It was led by Sir John Simon but consisted entirely of British members. This “all-white” composition ...
Udham Singh assassinated Michael O’Dwyer in London on March 13, 1940. O’Dwyer was the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab during the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre and had publicly supported General Dyer’s actions. Udham Singh, who had witnessed the massacre as a ...
Lord Chelmsford served as the Viceroy of India from 1916 to 1921. His tenure saw the launch of the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1920 in response to the Rowlatt Act and the Jallianwala Bagh massacre. He was also responsible for the ...