A line on Gandhiji's own arrest in March 1922 is left out of the pass…

During the Non-Cooperation Movement thousands of Indians were put in jail. The judge who presided over his trial, Justice C.N. Broomfield, made a remarkable speech while pronouncing his sentence. Meanwhile, he spent part of each day working on the charkha (spinning wheel), and encouraged other nationalists to do likewise. The act of spinning allowed Gandhiji to break the boundaries that prevailed within the traditional caste system, between mental labour and manual labour.

A line on Gandhiji's own arrest in March 1922 is left out of the passage. With what was he charged?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 1

The correct answer is Option (1) → Sedition

Option (1) Sedition — Correct. Gandhiji was arrested in March 1922 and charged with sedition. Justice Broomfield sentenced him to six years in prison.

Option (2) Waging war against the King-Emperor — Incorrect. Waging war against the King-Emperor is a graver charge; Gandhiji was not tried for it.

Option (3) Breaking the salt law — Incorrect. Breaking the salt law belongs to the Salt March of 1930, eight years later.

Option (4) Defying the Rowlatt Act — Incorrect. Gandhiji opposed the Rowlatt Act in 1919, but his 1922 trial was for sedition.

NCERT (2026-27): “2.1 Knitting a popular movement …
During the Non-Cooperation Movement thousands of Indians were put in jail. Gandhiji himself was arrested in March 1922, and charged with sedition. The judge who presided over his trial, Justice C.N. Broomfield, made a remarkable speech while pronouncing his sentence. “It would be impossible to ignore the fact,” remarked the judge, “that you are in a different category from any person I have ever tried or am likely to try. It would be impossible to ignore the fact that, in the eyes of millions of your countrymen, you are a great patriot and a leader. …”