Question

Which of the following trials attracted world-wide publicity and drew sympathetic comments from Albert Einstein. H. G. Wells, Harold Laski and Roosevelt in favour of the convicts?
1. INA trial
2. Lahore conspiracy case
3. Meerut conspiracy case
4. None of the above

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Meerut conspiracy case

The correct answer is Meerut conspiracy case.

• It was an extremely controversial case that happened in British India in March 1929.
• Many were arrested including 3 Englishmen for organizing the Indian Railway strike.
• British Government convicted 27 leaders under the false lawsuit.
• This trial saw the rising communist movement as convicts used the courtroom as a public platform to raise their voices.

• INA Trial - Nov 1945 - May 1946
• Lahore Conspiracy Case - 1915
• Other major revolutionary movements in India
  • Chapekar Brothers - 1897 (assassinated a British officer)
  • Alipore Bomb Case - 1908 (two women died, aimed at Douglas Kingsford)
  • Curzon Wyllie's Assassination - 1909
  • Howrah Gang case - 1910 (Murder of Inspector Shamsul Alam, 47 revolutionaries were tried)