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Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (955 words) |
 | The reforms take their name from Edwin Samuel Montagu, the Secretary of State for India during the latter parts of World War I and Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of India between 1916 and 1921. |
| Edwin Montague became Secretary of State for India in June 1917 after Austen Chamberlain resigned after the capture of Kut by the Turks in 1916 and the capture of an Indian army staged there. |
| In late 1917, Montagu went to India to meet up with Lord Chelmsford, the Viceroy of India, to meet with leaders of Indian community such as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and Muhammed Ali Jinnah to discuss the introduction of limited self-government to India and protecting the rights of minority communities such as Muslims and Sikhs. |
| Edwin Samuel Montagu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (204 words) |
| Cartoon in Punch magazine 14 July 1920, on the occasion of Montagu labelling as "frightful" General Dyer for his role in the Amritsar massacre, as it was then known. |
| The Right Honourable Edwin Samuel Montagu (February 6, 1879 – November 15, 1924) was a British Liberal politician, the second son and seventh child of Samuel Montagu, 1st Baron Swaythling. |
| First elected as an MP in 1906, Edwin Montagu was Secretary of State for India between 1917 and 1922. |
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