History & Civics
How did the reaction against the Simon Commission led to the launching of Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930?
Answer
The Indians were discontent with the Simon Commission because of the following reasons-
- The seven members of the Simon Commission were all British.
- Moreover, Commission's recommendation that the Viceroy's Executive Council could not be made responsible to Central Legislature and the fatal blows inflicted on Lala Lajpat Rai filled the whole nation with great anger.
- The Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930 and the demand for Purna Swaraj owed much to this emotional trouble.
Related Questions
The issue on which the Civil Disobedience Movement of 1930 was launched was …………… .
- equal employment opportunities for Indians
- the proposed execution of Bhagat Singh.
- salt monopoly exercised by the British Government.
- complete freedom.
Assertion (A): Gandhiji called off the Non-Cooperation Movement in 1922.
Reason (R): An unruly crowd burnt down a police station at Chauri-Chaura in 1922.
- Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
- Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
- A is true, but R is false.
- A is false, but R is true.
The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre which shook the British rule in India was reported in the British Press after eight months when the Hunter Committee of Inquiry formed to inquire into the matter gave its report. The Indian Press also took little note of the incident and buried it in the inside pages of the newspaper. Why, do you think, that such a gruesome massacre remained the most underplayed news stories of its time?
The Manchester Guardian was the first to publish a report on the massacre, eight months later on December 13, 1919. The headline of this report read: "An Astonishing Story From India."
Which massacre is being talked about in the above newspaper report? When and where did this massacre take place?