A United Provinces police report of 1930 recorded that Jawaharlal Nehru was arrested at Cheoki railway station. What was he on his way to attend?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → A meeting of the Youth League in the Central Provinces
Option (1) A session of the Indian National Congress at Lahore — Incorrect. The Lahore session that declared Purna Swaraj had met in December 1929, months before this arrest. Nehru was not travelling to any Congress session.
Option (2) A meeting of the Youth League in the Central Provinces — Correct. The report records that Nehru was arrested at Cheoki railway station while proceeding to the Central Provinces to attend a meeting of Youth League. He was then taken to Naini Central Jail.
Option (3) The Round Table Conference called by the British in London — Incorrect. The Congress stayed away from the first Round Table Conference while the salt movement went on. Nehru was arrested inside India on a local journey.
Option (4) A salt satyagraha gathering with Gandhiji at Dandi — Incorrect. Dandi was where Gandhiji's march ended on the Gujarat coast. Nehru was arrested in the United Provinces on his way to a Youth League meeting in the Central Provinces.