Q. Regarding the aftermath of the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the withdrawal of the Satyagraha, consider the following statements:
1.Rabindranath Tagore renounced his Knighthood immediately, while Mahatma Gandhi returned his Kaiser-i-Hind gold medal as a mark of protest against the “Punjab Wrongs.”
2.Gandhi withdrew the Rowlatt Satyagraha on April 18, 1919, describing it as a “Himalayan Blunder” due to the unexpected outbreak of violence.
3.The withdrawal of the movement was criticized by the Extremists in the Congress as a sign of tactical weakness.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Answer: B
Notes:
Explanation:
Statement 1: Incorrect. Tagore renounced his Knighthood in May 1919. However, Gandhi did not return the Kaiser-i-Hind medal immediately after Jallianwala; he did so later, in 1920, during the launch of the Non-Cooperation Movement.
Statement 2: Correct. Gandhi felt the people were not yet “trained” in non-violence.
Statement 3: Correct. Leaders like C.R. Das were skeptical of sudden withdrawals based on individual moral grounds.
