India unit 1 stats

Around what percentage of the country did Indian princes rule?

35%

Around what percentage of India's population did Hindus make up?

70%

Around what percentage of India's population did Muslims make up?

20%

When was the Indian Councils Act/Morley-Minto reforms?

1909

By November 1918 how many Indians had enlisted in war in addition to those already in the army by war broke out?

827,000

How many of the largest states put their armies at the disposal of the British in WW1?

27

When was the Singapore mutiny?

1915

How many British officers and civilians were killed in the Singapore mutiny, respectively?

8, 14

How many Indian soldiers died in WW1?

64,000

How many Indian troops were in first Indian expeditionary force at the Battle of Ypres in 1914>

28,500

What proportion of the Allied fighting force at Neuve Chapelle were Indian?

1/2

How many indian cavalry divisions remained on the western front until march 1918.

2

By the end of the war how many Indians had been recruited into combat and non-combat roles,

1.5million

By the end of the war, how much had Indian revenues contributed to the war effort.

£146million

How much did Indian war loans raise in 1917 and 1918 respectively?

£35.5 million, £38 million.

During the war, how much did food grain prices go up by?

93%

During the war, how much did the price of Indian-made goods go up by?

60%

During the war, how much did the price of imported goods go up by?

190%

When did the monsoon season fail to arrive?

1918-19

When was the Montagu Declaration?

1917

When was the Defence of India Act?

1915

When was Rowlatt appointed to investigate revolutionary conspiracies?

1917

When was the Rowlatt Act Passed?

1919

How many members Indian Legislative Council opposed the Rowlatt Act (out of 22)?

22

When was the Rowlatt Act repealed?

1922

When were there hartals in response to the Rowlatt Act in Amritsar?

30 March and 6 April

How many Europeans were killed after the arrests of the organisers of the hartals in response to the Rowlatt Act?

3

How many soldiers were led into Amritsar by Dyer?

1000

How many rounds of live ammunition did Dyer shoot in Amritsar?

1,650

How many people were killed in Amritsar?

400

How many people were injured in Amritsar?

1,500

When was the Amritsar Massacre?

1919

When was the first Government of India Act?

1919

in 1919, how many adult males could vote?

10%

in 1919, how many adult females could vote?

less than 1%

When did Gandhi return to India?

1914

When was the Lucknow Pact?

1916

When was the declaration of war on Turkey? (Khilafat)

1914

When were the Home Rule Leagues set up?

1916

How many members did Bal Tilak's home rule league rapidly gain?

32,000

How many rupees did Tilak have to put up as a surety of good behaviour?

40,000

When was Annie Besant interned?

1917

When did Gandhi call for satyagraha in response to Amritsar?

1919