Evaluate the impact of the First World War on the demands for Home Rule in India.

Candidates will appraise the impact of the First World War on the demands for Home Rule in India by considering changes to the expectations of the Indian nationalist movements. Candidates may adopt a chronological approach that outlines the establishment of the Home Rule Leagues—one by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and one by Annie Besant—and their activism, the responses of Congress and the All India Muslim League and the political implications of the British reactions both during and after the war. Alternatively, candidates may choose a thematic approach and address whether the war led to a change in focus from power sharing to demanding home rule or even complete independence from the British.