Word: dominionhood
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Hindu-dominated Congress party to gain power for himself and his vague plan of a separate Moslem state. The British pointed to Jinnah's intransigence as an example of clashing Hindu-Moslem aspirations. It gave point to the British claim that Indian nationalists must unite before independence (preferably dominionhood within the Empire) will be granted. But efforts to promote a national wartime government were balked by the British Raj's refusal to allow any dealings with the jailed Gandhi...
Ever since the Indian Mutiny in 1857 the British Raj had managed to deal with such disturbances. A long line of viceroys, some bad, some as imbued with noble sentiments as Viscount Halifax, professed that British rule was guiding India through evolution to eventual dominionhood in the British Empire. But last week it appeared that evolution had turned into revolution. India held not only jailed prophets but also homemade bombs, pistols and bottles of acid in the hands of terrorists. From the western world the Indians were learning the technique of violence, not the technique of self-government...
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