MINTO MORLEY REFORMS 1909

What was the Minto Morley Ref

Why was it introduced?

Why was the Reform Important?

Muslim and Hindu Reaction

 MINTO-MORLEY REFORMS/ INDIANS COUNCILS ACT 1909

Acceptance of Separate Electorates No Voting Rights for Indians

Expansion of Councils

Why did the Indians reject the Minto Morley Reforms of 1909? [7]
The
Congress leadership unhappy
was the British decision
over
of allowing separate
Electorates
electorates
firm to
Muslims
They strongly believed that giving separately to
.

community in India would mean that

one

India home
wasto be seen as
of
a than One Nation and would be
more
leading towards geographyiced
division on communal lines .

Secondly the British did not

give any voting rights to Indians as
they still did not believe in

political maturity of Indian till this

point They
.
still believed that
giving voting rights
to the

general Indian population

the Indian neither cultured
was not
good decision as
a were

educated this British the Indians

and
approach was disapprovedby
nor
, .

Thirdly the British had increased the number

of seats in the councils in a certain
propotion
but not
ready decisive control to the Indians The British retained
were to
give any .

official
India
majority and executive
powers which meant that actual control
of was still with

the British and the Indians had ceremonial role

only a
.
 WHY did the Congress reject the Minto Morley reforms? [7]

① No voting rights for Indians .

British still thought that Indians were

The
not
this
prepared enough for ruling a
combi . Hindus did not like

approach of the British .

② British the councils and did not do

The
only
real
expanded ,
any
thing give
to
powers
to Indians .

③ The British were not

majority to the Indians
ready to
give officialnot Indians
as
they believed that Law making was
ability .

Indians did not like this .

Non
cooperation of Congress
Identify
!
the
Para I 't fact Congress had become pure a

Hindu
Body .

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Evaluation .

Muslim league was founded mainly because the Hindus had their own political party. Do you agree?
Explain your answer. [14]
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✓ Acceptance of Separate Electorates .

t Explain t
Analysis (Impact) t Example .

The biased
✓
Congress altitude .
Repeat the above exercise .

The
✓
development of political setup in India
for which a
party was needed .
 Why was the Minto Morley Reforms important for Indians? [7]

Firstly Separate Electorates

for
Muslims

secondly ,
the
expansion of councils .

Indians
Thirdly ,
the British
refusal
to allow
voting rights for .
2 . 8 . 2021 THURS ADAY
did the
why British reverse the
partition of Bengal in 1911 ?

KNOWLEDGE t Explanation .

3 t 4 = 7 .

KNOWLEDGE t UNDERSTANDING .

Attack the British Lord Minto in 1908

on
Viceroy , was an

Hindus to the British

attempt by the
right wing extremist force the British
to reverse The partition of Bengal This attempt . shook
Indian administration sent to
the British
its core as the
message from
was
very
clear that to reverse The
partition failure
would lead to
high profile losses The British .

eventually
succumbed to this pressure .

Secondly Indian
the
ruling authority of British in India was
challenged by the National
Congress .

The schools attended by the Indian students The

g universities
to
colleges ,
were not .

Congress urged people stop

to
literally brought Indian administration the British to halt
going offices and
by a .

Lawyer and
people boycotted
the British led judicial British authorities India ,
System which was a
great humiliation to the in which
eventually
convinced them that the
partition of Bengal must reverse .

Thirdly ,
the economic
pressure created by Indian national Congress by boycotting British

goods .

They refused to
pay taxes
to the government to create economic
pressure to
force
the British to the The
generated by British
reverse
partition of Bengal .
revenues
government
10% which huge terms amount The British could not to bear this loss and
in
afford
was was
of .

eventually decided to reverse the

partition of Bengal .

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