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Attempt a narrative account of how the process of decolonization happened in India during the inter-war period (1919-39).

Answer 1

1. It was the launch of the Swadeshi movement in 1905 that mark the beginning of the decolonization process in India.
2. In 1919, the Government of India Act provided dyarchy in the provinces.
3. The elected provincial assemblies and Indian ministers are permitted to hold certain portfolios in the Legislature.
4. But the Indian National congress rejected dyarchy and decided to boycott the Legislature.
5. In 1930, the Indian National Congress emerged as a mass militant movement.
6. The Government of India Act of 1935, made the British to appease the Indian nationalists and provided great power to the local governments.
7. In 1937, the British introduced direct elections and the congress won in most of the provinces.
8. The process of decolonisation is very clear by the Montague declaration stating, increasing association of Indians in every branch of the administration and gradual self-government in India is an integral part of the British Empire.