Question

The enquiry Committee on Jallianwala Bagh incident was headed by ____.
A)Dyer
B)Irwin
C)Hunter
D)Simon

Answer 1

Hint: The Jallianwala Bagh incident of 1919 in Punjab was one of the most tragic yet landmark events in the history of India.

Complete answer:
The enquiry Committee on Jallianwala Bagh incident was headed by Hunter

On April 13 1919, people assembled at Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar, Punjab to protest peacefully against the arrest of the two prominent leaders, Satya Pal and Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew. All of a sudden, a british military officer, General Dyer, invaded the park with his troops. Without even giving a warning to the crowd gathered there to disperse; he ordered his men to open fire at the unarmed crowd for more than ten minutes.

After the incident there was national and international outrage on a large scale due to which the Government of Punjab was compelled to create a ‘Disorder Inquiry Committee’. This committee is also known as the Hunter committee as it was headed by Lord William Hunter,

Senator of the College of Justice in Scotland. This committee consisted of seven members and the stated purpose of this commission was to investigate the various disturbances prevailing in Bombay, Delhi, and Punjab and their causes and the measures taken to cope with them.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C)

Note: According to the statistics collected by Indian National Congress, the casualties of people in the Jallianwala Bagh incident were thousands in numbers against the estimates of 200 to 300 given by the committee. This committee was later boycotted due to the various disagreements between the congress and the commission.