The August 1917 Declaration, also known as the Montagu Declaration, was a statement by the Secretary of State, Edwin Montagu. It declared that the British policy was the “increasing association of Indians in every branch of administration” and the “gradual ...
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Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari presided over the All Parties Conference held in Lucknow in August 1928, where the Nehru Report was formally presented and discussed. While the report itself was drafted by a committee chaired by Motilal Nehru, Dr. Ansari’s ...
Jawaharlal Nehru wrote The Discovery of India during his imprisonment at Ahmednagar Fort (1942–1945). The book provides a panoramic view of India’s history, culture and philosophy from the Indus Valley Civilization to the British Raj. It was written to help ...
Lord Chelmsford was the Viceroy of India from 1916 to 1921. His administration was responsible for the enactment of the repressive Rowlatt Act and the subsequent implementation of martial law in Punjab, which culminated in the Jallianwala Bagh massacre on ...
Mahatma Gandhi had resigned from his formal membership of the Indian National Congress in 1934 to focus on village upliftment and “constructive work.” Although he remained the supreme moral guide and advisor to the Congress leadership throughout the 1940s, he ...