What Happened To The Indian Nationalist Movement?

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From 1885 to 1940, Indians were involved in high tensions between the British. This would eventually lead onto protests against the British. Although these were peaceful protests, they were surely effective. The main reason for these tensions were due to the fact of General Reginald had banned public meetings, but they did not follow. In wake up the Indians not following orders, General Dyer launched an open fire on the peaceful crowd of protesters, known as the Amritsar massacre killing about 400 and wounding more than 1,000. These events would later lead on to the Indian Nationalist Movement, in where numerous individuals were involved, such as Gandhi and their methods changing how they were being treated. The Indian Nationalist Movement was originally set forth once the Amritsar massacre was in progress during World War I. However, it officially happened when the British promised Indians self-government because of Indian nationalists and did not follow through with their promise despite Indians serving overseas under the British. They did however propose some minor changes after all the fighting. In wake of the massacre, Indian …show more content…

The Indian Nationalist Movement, led by Gandhi preaching ahimsa. The main philosophy of the INM was nonviolence. Despite not using any source of violence, the Indians promoted nonviolent resistance. He believed by using love, that people would correct the wrongs to the good. The Indians used western education as well as indian influences to prove that they could rule on their own. These efforts however did not work. Gandhi preached the idea of civil obedience, which states that if an individual feels a law is unjust, that it is ok to refuse it. In addition to civil obedience, he used western ideas of democracy and nationalism. He worked vigorously for equal rights for all Indians and to end the unjust

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