Question

both morley-minto and montagu chelmsford reforms failed to meet the expectations and demands of the indian people. do you agree with these assessment? give reason for your answers

Answer 1

Justification of the statement ''Both morley-minto and montagu chelmsford reforms failed to meet the expectations and demands of the Indian people'' is as follows:

• In council, there were less Indian representative than expectation. Main objective of it were to placate the moderators demand and widen the legislative councils' scope.

• The Morley Minto and Montagu Chelmsford reforms dissatisfied the Indian nationalist because of its specification of religion based separate electorate. It was also called 'undemocratic' by congress.
• Montagu chelmsford reforms failed to meet the expectations and demands because both Hindu and Muslim were disappointed by it.