ABSTRACT

The organization of the Mesopotamian campaign was taken over by the Home authorities and Indian participation in the war henceforward took the form of supplying men and material to British commands in various fields of- war. Many large Indian subscribers put in their money purely in order to win the favour of the authorities, or more than a very few instalments of the interest promised. Mr. Gandhi wrote to the Viceroy that he retained neither respect nor affection for the Government which had failed to impose adequate penalties on the perpetrators of the Jallianwala Bagh outrage, and permitted the injustice to Mahommedans of the Treaty of Sevres. The Mopla rebellion was a stunning blow to the hope of Hindu-Moslem unity. As though the political conflicts were not trouble enough, the management of Indian currency from the Armistice onwards produced more awkward complications in Indian affairs.