• Syllabus

10: Nationalism and independence in India (1919–1964)

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Sub sections and their related questions

Impact of the First World War: demands for Home Rule

• 17M.3op3.HL.TZ0.19: Evaluate the impact of the First World War on the demands for Home Rule in India.

Significance of key political developments, including Amritsar massacre (1919); Government of India Act 1919; Simon Commission (1928); Round Table Conferences (1930–1932); response to Government of India Act 1935

• 18M.3op3.HL.TZ0.19: Evaluate the reasons why the 1935 Government of India Act was a disappointment to Indian...
• 21N.3op3.HL.TZ0.19:

  To what extent was the Simon Commission (1928) the most significant factor in the development of Indian nationalism between 1919 and 1935?

• 22M.3op3.HL.TZ0.19:

  To what extent was the Amritsar Massacre the most significant factor in the development of Indian nationalism between 1919 and 1935?

Role and importance of key groups and individuals: Indian National Congress and the All India Muslim League; Gandhi; Jawaharlal Nehru; Jinnah

• 18N.3op3.HL.TZ0.20: To what extent was Jinnah responsible for the partition of India in 1947?
• 19N.3op3.HL.TZ0.19: Evaluate the contribution of Gandhi to the achievement of Indian independence in 1947.
• 20N.3op3.HL.TZ0.19:

  Examine the role of the Indian National Congress in the achievement of independence in India.

Struggle for independence; non-cooperation movement; civil disobedience campaigns; Salt March (1930); Quit India campaign (1942)

• 18N.3op3.HL.TZ0.19: Evaluate the effectiveness of the Non-Cooperation and Civil Disobedience movements in furthering...
• 21M.3op3.HL.TZ0.19:

  Discuss the reasons for, and the impact of, the Quit India campaign (1942) on the struggle for independence.

Growth of Muslim separatism; “Two-Nation” theory; Lahore Resolution (1940)

• 19M.3op3.HL.TZ0.19: Examine the long and short-term causes of the growth of Muslim separatism.
• 20N.3op3.HL.TZ0.20: “Separatist policies of the Muslim League led to the partition of India in 1947.” To what extent...

Impact of the Second World War: Chandra Bose; the Cripps Mission (1942); weakening of British power; Mountbatten; achievement of independence; reasons for the partition of the South Asian subcontinent (1947)

• 17M.3op3.HL.TZ0.20: Discuss the role of Mountbatten in the partition of the South Asian subcontinent in 1947.
• 17N.3op3.HL.TZ0.19: To what extent was the partition of the South Asian subcontinent in 1947 mainly a consequence of...
• 18M.3op3.HL.TZ0.20: Evaluate the importance of Subhas Chandra Bose to the weakening of British power in India.
• 19M.3op3.HL.TZ0.20: Discuss the importance of the Second World War to the achievement of Indian independence.
• 20N.3op3.HL.TZ0.20: “Separatist policies of the Muslim League led to the partition of India in 1947.” To what extent...
• 21N.3op3.HL.TZ0.20: “The Second World War was the main reason for the weakening of British power in India.” Discuss...

Post-independence India: ethnic and religious conflicts; princely states; Kashmir; successes and failures of Nehru’s domestic policies

• 17N.3op3.HL.TZ0.20: Evaluate Jawaharlal Nehru’s domestic policies in India between 1947 and 1964.
• 19N.3op3.HL.TZ0.20:

  Discuss the impact of ethnic and religious conflicts on post-independence India.

• 21M.3op3.HL.TZ0.20: Evaluate the factors that led to Kashmir becoming part of post-independence India.
• 22M.3op3.HL.TZ0.20: Evaluate the effectiveness of Nehru’s domestic policies in post-independence India.