Question

10. Name of the commission which was appointed by the British Government to probe the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?

Answer 1

Hunter Committee is the right answer.

Answer 2

Answer:

The correct answer to the question-"Name of the commission which was appointed by the British Government to probe the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre "is-

The Hunter Commission

Explanation:

First we should know ,what is Jallianwala Bagh massacre,

Jallianwala Bagh massacre

• The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also called  the Amritsar massacre.
• It took place on 13 April 1919.
• On that day , under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer , the troops of the British Indian Army fired rifles into a crowd of Punjabis, who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab.

The Hunter Commission

• It  refers to, the Commission on Indian Education, prepared in 1882 by William Wilson Hunter.
• The Jallianwala Bagh massacre ,Hunter Commission a 1919 investigation into a British massacre
• It killed 15000 Indian civilians headed by William Hunter, Lord Hunter.
• The British Government appointed the Hunter Commission in order to investigate the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
• Congress appointed  such a commission under the leadership of C.R Das to investigate the Jallianwala Bagh Massacre. Other members of the commission were -

1. Gandhiji,
2. Motilal Nehru,
3. Jayakar,
4. Abbas Tyabji.

The British Government did not initiate such inquiry until Congress had set up such a committee.