6) Congress reorganised, 1922–30:

Question 1

What was the membership of Congress by 1921?

Answer 1

2 million

Question 2

What were the three levels of Congress?

Answer 2

Local branches, Provincial Committees and an All Indian Congress Committee

Question 3

What did the membership of the All Indian Congress Committee increase to under Gandhi?

Answer 3

161 to 350

Question 4

How many additional provincial committees were setup?

Answer 4

100

Question 5

What part of Congress was setup to formulate policy?

Answer 5

Congress Working Committee (CWC)

Question 6

When was Gandhi’s All India Spinners’ Association setup?

Answer 6

1924

Question 7

Who were the ‘young hooligans’?

Answer 7

Subhas Chandra Bose, Jayapraksah Nararyan and Jarwaharlal Nehru

Question 8

What did the ‘young hooligans’ strongly oppose?

Answer 8

Dominion status

Question 9

When was the Nehru report?

Answer 9

1928

Question 10

Who wrote the Nehru report?

Answer 10

Tej Bahadur Sapru and Motilal Nehru (Jarwaharlal Nehru’s father)

Question 11

What did the Nehru report recommend?

Answer 11

Dominion status, the princely states to join into a federation and lose separate electorates

Question 12

When was the Simon Commission?

Answer 12

1928 (no Indians on the Commission)

Question 13

In December 1928, Congress met under Motilal Nehru demanding dominion status. What was the demand made by both Bose and Nehru?

Answer 13

Britain to withdraw from India by 31 December 1929

Question 14

What two groups had established themselves again by 1929 within Congress in regards to policy making?

Answer 14

Moderates and extremists

Question 15

What was Gandhi’s decision in 1929 in regards the goals of Congress for future policy?

Answer 15

Purna Swaraj (extremist view)

Question 16

What percentage of government spending
came as a result of the salt tax?

Answer 16

4% (1.5p per person)

Question 17

When did Gandhi’s salt march begin?

Answer 17

12 March 1930

Question 18

How many miles was the salt march and how many people accompanied Gandhi?

Answer 18

240 miles and 78 supporters

Question 19

When was the whole of the Congress Working Committee arrested?

Answer 19

June 1930

Question 20

What was the order of priority for the satyagraha that began after the Salt March?

Answer 20

Salt, boycott foreign cloth, non-payment of taxes and refusal of cooperation

Question 21

How many women were in jail by November 1930 as a result of participation in the different satyagrahas?

Answer 21

360

Question 22

How many people passed though Indian jails in 1930?

Answer 22

60,000

Question 23

How many people were still in jail by the end of 1930?

Answer 23

29,000

Question 24

When did Congress allow members to stand for elections to councils set up by the Raj?

Answer 24

1923

Question 25

When did the Lahore Congress decide on Purna Swaraj?

Answer 25

1929

Question 26

When was the designated independence day?

Answer 26

26 January 1930

Question 27

When was Jarwaharlal Nehru imprisoned?

Answer 27

April 1930 (6 months)

Question 28

When was Gandhi arrested?

Answer 28

May 1930