Question

Ilbert Bill was introduced in the Central Assembly during the time of ______
1. Lord Northbrook
2. Lord Lytton
3. Lord Ripon
4. Lord Dufferin

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Lord Ripon

The correct answer is Lord Ripon.

• The Ilbert Bill was a bill formally introduced on 9 February 1883 during the Viceroyship of the Lord Ripon,
• Ilbert Bill was drafted by Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert,
• Ilbert was the legal member of the Council of the Governor-General of India.
• The Bill gave Indian judges and magistrates the power to try British offenders in criminal cases at the District level.
• It sought to remove racial discrimination from the judicial services.
• The whole European community began an agitation to oppose the bill which forced the government to withdraw it.

• A. O. Hume organized the first meeting in Bombay with the approval of the Viceroy Lord Dufferin. W C Bannerjee was the first president of the Congress; the first session was held from 28–31 December 1885 and was attended by 72 delegates. 

• In British India, the Vernacular Press Act (1878) was enacted to curtail the freedom of the Indian press and prevent the expression of criticism toward British policies, and the act was proposed by Lord Lytton, then Viceroy of India.