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 ...
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The partition of India was carried out under the Mountbatten Plan, also known as the June 3 Plan. Lord Mountbatten, the last Viceroy, proposed the division of British India into two independent dominions—India and Pakistan. The plan included the partition ...
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar did not support the Quit India Movement of 1942. At the time, he was serving as the Labour Member in the Viceroy’s Executive Council. He believed that the movement was “irresponsible” and “untimely,” especially during World War ...
The Swaraj Party (formally the Congress-Khilafat Swarajya Party) was founded in Allahabad in January 1923. It was formed following the Gaya session of the Congress, where C.R. Das and Motilal Nehru’s proposal for “Council Entry” was defeated. They established the ...
During the 1917 Champaran Satyagraha, Mahatma Gandhi was accompanied and assisted by several local leaders, most notably Dr. Rajendra Prasad and Anugrah Narayan Singh. These associates helped Gandhi gather thousands of testimonies from indigo farmers against the exploitative Tinkathia system. ...