1921-1932

Indian Freedom Struggle

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Which of the following were the achievements of Swarajists?

1. Defeat of Public Safety Bill

2. Exposing hollowness of Montford reforms

3. Supporting peasants’ cause in Bengal

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1 only

1 and 2 only

2 and 3 only

1, 2 and 3

Swarajists :

Swarajists like C.R. Das, Motilal Nehru and Ajmal Khan wanted an end to the boycott of legislative councils so that the nationalists could enter them to expose the basic weaknesses of these assemblies and use these councils as an arena of political struggle to arouse popular enthusiasm.
They wanted, in other words, to ‘end or mend’ these councils, i.e., if the government did not respond to the nationalists’ demands, then they would obstruct the working of these councils.
They argued that in a time of political vacuum, council work would serve to enthuse the masses and keep up their morale. To avoid a 1907 type split, the Swarajists were allowed to contest elections as a group within the Congress.
Some of their achievements were:
With coalition partners, they out-voted the government several times, even on matters relating to budgetary grants, and passed adjournment motions.
They agitated through powerful speeches on self-government, civil liberties and industrialization.
Vithalbhai Patel was elected speaker of Central Legislative Assembly in 1925.