Question

Who threw the two bombs inside the central assembly in New Delhi on April 8, 1929?
A. Bhagat Singh
B. Batukeshwar Dutt
C. Rajguru
D. Both a and b above

Answer 1

Hint: Revolutionary activities were on the rise during the time before independence. Revolutionaries believed in violent activities and aggression and did not follow the Gandhian way of struggle. Bhagat Singh, Rajguru, Sukhdev, and others were the prominent leaders of the revolutionary movements.

Complete answer: On 8 April 1929 two bombs were thrown inside the central assembly in Delhi by Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt. They threw the bomb to protest against the bill passing in the central assembly not to harm someone but for public security. Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt both were against the bill passing in the central assembly. That bomb neither harms somebody nor damages something. The bill that was going to pass in the Assembly was unfavorable. That bill was related to a trade dispute. This is a dispute between employers and employees. Although the bomb was not intended to harm anyone and in reality, no one was harmed yet the British judiciary in India sentenced Bhagat Singh and the two others to death sentences as according to them the bomb could have taken many lives.

Thus, The correct answer is Option D.

Note: The aim of revolutionaries was also to gain independence from British rule but their way of struggle was different from Congress and therefore Gandhiji along with his followers did not support revolutionary activities. This is because Gandhiji believed in nonviolence whereas revolutionaries undertook violent activities.