Question

write a newspaper report on.(1)jallianwala bagh(2)the simmon commision

Answer 1

(a) Jallianwala Bagh is situated in Amritsar (Punjab). Here, as a mark of protest against the Rowlatt Act, a peacefully assembly was going on. People from many surrounding villages were participating. This garden is enclosed on three sides and has only one entrance. In order to terrorize the people, General Dyer entered the park with troops. Without giving any warning to the people, he ordered his sepoys to fire at them. In this firing many people were killed and many wounded.
(b) Simon Commission arrived in India in 1929. It was greeted with black flags and slogans like ‘Simon Go Back’. Both Congress and Muslim League unitedly protested against it.

Answer 2

Answer:

Answer: (a)

On 13th April 1919, a large crowd had gathered in the enclosed ground of JallianwalaBagh – some to protest against the British government’s repressive measures, others to attend the annual Baishakhi Fair.

These people were unaware of the imposition of Marshal Law in the city. General Dyer, the Commander, blocked the exit points from the Bagh and opened fire upon the innocent citizens.

Dyer went with Sikh, Gurkha, Baluchi, Rajput troops from 2-9th Gurkhas, the 54th Sikhs and the 59th Sind Rifles they entered the garden, blocking the main entrance after them, took up position on a raised bank and on Dyer's orders fired on the crowd for about ten minutes, directing their bullets largely towards the few open gates through which people were trying to flee, until the ammunition supply was almost exhausted.

Dyer’s intention was to produce a ‘moral effect’ and terrorize satyagrahis. Hundreds of innocent people including women and children were killed and wounded due to this indiscriminate firing by the British soldiers,

This incident angered masses of India ultimately led to nation-wide outrage. Jallianwala Bagh incident was the most brutal incident in the History of India.

(b)

The Simon Commission was constituted by the Tory Government in Britain, under Sir John Simon. The objective of the Commission was to look into the functioning of the constitutional system in India and suggest some constitutional changes.

But nationalists in India opposed the Commission because it had not a single Indian member. Therefore, when the Simon Commission arrived in India in 1928, it was greeted with the slogan “Go Back Simon”.

The Commission was strongly opposed by many in India and met with protests in every major Indian city it visited

All parties, including Congress and the Muslim league, participated in the demonstrations. Thus it brought a sense of unity in Indians for the moment.

The Simon commission recommendations formed the basis of the Act of 1935.