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“By the end of the First World War India was largely negative towards the raj” To what extent do you agree with the statement

The Amritsar massacre is hugely significant in turning the Indians against the Raj. In the Amritsar massacre over 400 Indians were killed and over 1500 were injured this is significant as it represented to the Indians that the British were inhuman and brutal. To make matters worse the martial law was created this resulted in Indians saluting or giving salaam to the British, this therefore made the British feel superior to the Indians. A short term effect of this is that it increased racism and the divide between the Indians and the whites. Furthermore, in the martial law there was a crawling act made to belittle Indians they were forced to crawl in the mud where Marcia Sherwood died. This is important in worsening their relationship with the Raj as the Indians believed this insulted their culture and went against the ideas of the caste system and purity therefore insulting them. This hugely affected the high caste who would have supported the Raj previously. It could be argued the Hunter commission stated that the Dyer reacted “beyond necessity” therefore the British did provide an official apology. However as nothing was done to deal with the consequences of the massacre most Indians just were forced to believe the Raj were evil. This therefore shows that the Indians were largely negative towards the Raj after WW1.

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