Nov 20 Nationalism and Communalism in British India
George Orwell, "Shooting an Elephant" [Orwell bio]
Introduction
nationalism and communalism
I. Emergent nationalism and communalism
Indian National Congress (1885)
First World War
communalism
INC
Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College (Sir Syed Ahmad Khan)
Muslim League (1906)
Morley-Minto Reforms (1909)
II. Challenging communalism: Gandhi
satyagraha [Gandhi clip]
Rowlatt Act (1919)
Lucknow Pact (1916)
non-cooperation campaign (1920-1922); arrest
III. British response
Government of India Act (1919) = dyarchy
Gandhi's civil disobedience campaign (1928-1933) [salt march clip]
Government of India Act (1935)
IV. World War II
2.5 million Indians served
base of operations
nationalist opinion
Quit India Movement (1942-1943) [document: Gandhi's Speech to the All-India Congress (Aug 7, 1942)]
Indian National Army: Mohan Singh and Subhas Chandra Bose
Muslim League: Mohammed Ali Jinnah and the Lahore Resolution (1940)
Sir Stafford Cripps Mission (1942) [document: Sir Stafford Cripps Statement on India (Aug 5, 1942)]
1946: Calcutta riots; naval mutiny; serious communal violence
Clement Attlee (PM) and Lord Mountbatten (Viceroy)
midnight August 15, 1947 [Salman Rushdie, Midnight's Children]
Viceroy's Palace, New Delhi [images]
