Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms : proposed in 1918 jointly by Secretary of State Edwin Montagu, Viceroy Chelmsford. They provided for an elected majority in all legislatures but kept the control over revenue & police in British hands. These reforms were introduced in the form of the Government of India Act of 1919.
... support the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms and am opposed to Non-Co-operation is without basis. I have nothing to do personally with the manifesto of Sir Ashutosh Choudhuri and others citing a passage from my past writings. The recorded opinions of a public man are public property and I do not disclaim what I have written; but the responsibility for its application to the Montagu Chelmsford Reforms and the ...
... foundation. I have made no pronouncement of my political views. I have authorised nobody whether publicly or privately to be the spokesman of my opinions. The rumour suggesting that I support the Montagu Chelmsford Reforms and am opposed to Non-Cooperation is without basis. I have nothing to do personally with the manifesto of Sir Ashutosh Page 248 Chaudhuri and others citing a passage from my past... past writings. The recorded opinions of a public man are public property and I do not disclaim what I have written; but the responsibility for its application to the Montagu Chelmsford Reforms and the present situation rests entirely with the signatories to the manifesto. The summary of my opinions in the Janmabhumi , representing me as an enthusiastic follower of Mahatma Gandhi, of which I only came ...
... Mother gave darshan to their disciples in the Ashram and to visitors who received permission to come for the occasion. With the end of the war, the British Government pushed through the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms by passing the Government of India Act of 1919. The effect of these reforms was, as Sri Aurobindo had pointed out earlier, to leave real authority exactly where it had always been — in the ...
... withdrawal to Pondicherry in 191O, Gandhiji's coming to India in 1914, the return of Tilak from Mandalay, the launching of the Home Rule Movement by Besant and Tilak, the "great shadow" of the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms, the rising new tempo of repression and the Mahatma's unruffled defiance of the bureaucracy! It now became his openly avowed object to preach disaffection against the "satanic" Government ...
... her unqualified support of the Allies in the first world war against Germany. 48 Later, on Annie Besant's particular request, Sri Aurobindo wrote an article for her paper on the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms as from "An Indian Nationalist", and described the scheme as a Chinese puzzle. From the vantage ground of Yogic strength and aloofness, Sri Aurobindo surveyed the developing world ...
... Cultural Writings , volume 1 of T HE C OMPLETE W ORKS OF S RI A UROBINDO . [2] July 1918. Besant wrote to Sri Aurobindo again in July 1918, asking him for his opinion of the Montagu - Chelmsford Reforms, which had been announced earlier that month. Sri Aurobindo wrote this letter in reply. After receiving it, Besant wrote asking whether she could "use it (with or without your name) as ...
... her unqualified support of the Allies in the First World War against Germany....' In 1918, when it was apparent that the war was coming to an end, the British Government announced the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms which were meant as a step towards self-government for India. In response to a request from Mrs. Besant for an opinion on the reform proposals, Sri Aurobindo wrote a letter which was published ...
... instalment of The Future Poetry in the Arya. 1918 January 15 Works at translations from Kalidasa's Kumarasambhavam (The Birth of the War God). August 10 Letter on the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms published in the New India. December First instalment of "Is India Civilised?" (first of the series of essays that make up The Foundations of Indian Culture) published in the Arya ...
... instalment of The Future Poetry in the Arya. 1918 — January 15 Works at translations from Kalidasa's Kumarasambhavam (The Birth of the War God). August 10 Letter on the Montagu-Chelmsford reforms published in the New India. December First instalment of "Is India Civilised?" (first of the series of essays that make up The Foundations of Indian Culture) published in the ...
... their lives for it. In this significant fact is contained the divine destiny of India and of the world." Amrita came in 1919 and was permitted to stay with Sri Aurobindo. In 1918 the Montagu Chelmsford Reforms were announced by the British Government. Mrs. Annie Besant wrote to Sri Aurobindo pressing him to express his opinion of the Reforms. In reply Sri Aurobindo sent an article signed "An Indian ...
... advice nor stopping his campaign against her. The struggle within the labour movement between VOC and the Besant-ites took on bitter propositions. Tilak's critical attitude to the Montagu-Chelmsford reform proposals were faithfully echoed by VOC. When Tilak canvassed the senior leader C Vijayaraghavachari's support for the Bombay special Congress session (August 1919), he specifically stated:... the germ of which was very much in Tilak's ideology, VOC's politics kept clear of it. He continued to play a part in the nationalist movement, labour movement, the non-Brahmin movement and the social reform movements. When VOC died 18 November 1936 no obituary or tribute failed to mention his closeness to Tilak. AR Venkatachalapathy is a historian and Tamil writer. chalapathy@mids ...
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