 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1916, mukutarisana nesimba idzva rakaratidzwa nevamarudzi nekusainwa kweLaknow Pact uye kuvambwa kwemasangano eHome Rule, uye kuziva, mushure medambudziko mumushandirapamwe weMesopotamiaZvisinei, sezvo vaidavira kuti hondo yacho yaizogara kwenguva refu, Viceroy mutsva, Ishe Chelmsford, akanyevera kuti Hurumende yeIndia yaifanira kuva inoteerera zvikuru pfungwa dzevaIndia. Pakupera kwegore, pashure pokukurukurirana nehurumende muLondon, akakarakadza kuti vaBritain varatidze kutenda kwavo kwakanaka muchiedza chebasa rehondo reIndia kuburikidza nehuwandu hwezviito zvevoruzhinji, kusanganisira mibairo yemazita uye kukudzwa kune machinda, kupa makomisheni muuto kumaIndia, uye kubviswa kwemutero wekotoni wakanyanya kusvibiswa, asi zvakanyanya kukosha, chiziviso chezvirongwa zvenguva yemberi zveBritain zveIndia uye chiratidzo chemamwe matanho akasimba. Pashure pokukurukuriranazve, muna August 1917, Munyori weHurumende weLiberal mutsva weIndia, Edwin Montagu, akazivisa donzo reBritain rokuwedzera kubatanidzwa kwevaIndia mumapazu ose ehurumende, uye kukura zvishoma nezvishoma kwemasangano anozvitonga, nechinangwa chokunzwisisa kunopfuurira kwehurumende ine mutoro muIndia sorutivi runokosha rweUmambo hweBritain. Ikoku kwakakarakadza kuvimba navaIndia vakadzidza, kusvikira zvino vaishorwa sechiverengero chiduku chisingamiriri, avo vakarondedzerwa naMontague saVana vedu mupfungwa. Nhanho yechinjo dzaifanira kusarudzwa neBritain sezvo uye apo vaIndia vaionekwa kuti vakazviwanira. Zvisinei, kunyange zvazvo hurongwa hwacho hwakanga hwafungidzira kuzvitonga kwakaganhurirwa pakutanga bedzi mumapurovhinzi - neIndia ichinyatsotonga mukati meUmambo hweBritain - hwaimirira chikarakadzo chokutanga cheBritain nokuda kwechimiro chipi nechipi chehurumende inomiririra mukoroni isiri yevachena. 