During the Civil Disobedience Movement, newspaper 'Kesari' criticised the suppression caused by the British Government. 'Kesari' was published from:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Bombay
The Fortnightly Report of the Home Department for the first half of March 1930, written as Gandhi’s civil disobedience campaign opened, takes up the Kesari under its report on Bombay: the paper “indulged in offensive language” and wrote that the Government would lose whether it arrested Gandhi or left him alone.
Note: The NCERT book (2026-27) places the Kesari in the Bombay section of the report but does not name the town it came from. The Kesari, a Marathi newspaper started by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, was published from Poona (Pune), then a part of the Bombay Presidency. This is explained here for the benefit of the students.
NCERT: Themes in Indian History Part III — Chapter 11: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement (2026-27)
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