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Increasing calls for self-government and dominion status made some of the British in India nervous.
Increasing calls for self-government and dominion status made some of the British in India nervous.
A third war in Afghanistan once again showed the strategic difficulties in defending India
- Bolshevik Russians also added to this worry
In 1919, a series of anti-sedition laws were published to try and quieten demands for increased political representation for Indians.
General Dyer ordered a force of Gurkhas to open fire without warning on a gathering of 5,000 in Amritsar