Consider the following statements.1. The Kanpur Conspiracy of 1912 was...
Statement 1 is incorrect. Delhi Conspiracy Case of 1912 was also called the Delhi Lahore Conspiracy. It was organised by the Indian revolutionary underground in Bengal and Punjab and headed by Rashbehari Bose to assassinate the then Viceroy of India, Lord Hardinge. Basant Kumar Biswas, Amir Chand and Avadh Behari were convicted and executed in the trial of this Delhi Conspiracy Case. Rash Behari Bose was identified as the person who threw the bomb.
Statement 2 is incorrect. Kanpur Bolshevik Conspiracy Case of 1924. On 17 March 1924, M.N. Roy, S.A. Dange, Muzaffar Ahmed, Nalini Gupta, Shaukat Usmani, Singaravelu Chettiar, Ghulam Hussain and others were charged that they as communists were seeking "to deprive the King Emperor of his sovereignty of British India, by complete separation of India from imperialist Britain by a violent revolution.", in what was called the Cawnpore (now spelt Kanpur) Bolshevik Conspiracy case.
The case attracted the interest of the people towards Comintern plan to bring about violent revolution in India. The pages of newspapers daily splashed sensational communist plans and people for the first time learned at such a large scale about communism and its doctrines and the aims of the Communist International in India.
Consider the following statements.1. The Kanpur Conspiracy of 1912 was...
The correct answer is option 'D', neither 1 nor 2. Let's analyze each statement individually:
1. The Kanpur Conspiracy of 1912 was related to the assassination attempt on the then Viceroy of India, Lord Hardinge.
This statement is incorrect. The Kanpur Conspiracy of 1912 was not related to an assassination attempt on Lord Hardinge. In fact, it was a plot by revolutionary nationalists to carry out acts of violence against British officials in India. The conspiracy was led by Ras Bihari Bose and Sachindra Nath Sanyal, who aimed to inspire a revolution against British rule. The plan involved bombing British government buildings and railway tracks. It did not specifically target Lord Hardinge.
2. The Delhi Conspiracy case of 1924 was instituted by the British government due to fear of the rise of Communism in India.
This statement is also incorrect. The Delhi Conspiracy case of 1924 was not instituted by the British government due to fear of the rise of Communism in India. The case was actually related to an alleged conspiracy by revolutionary nationalists to assassinate British officials, including Lord Irwin, the Viceroy of India at that time. The accused in the case were members of the Hindustan Socialist Republican Association (HSRA), a revolutionary organization led by Bhagat Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad. The motive behind the conspiracy was to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai, a prominent freedom fighter who had died following a lathi charge during a protest against the Simon Commission. The British government saw the HSRA as a threat to their rule and thus instituted the case.
In conclusion, neither of the statements is correct. The Kanpur Conspiracy of 1912 was not related to an assassination attempt on Lord Hardinge, and the Delhi Conspiracy case of 1924 was not instituted due to fear of the rise of Communism in India.