Identify the source of the following excerpt: “At Bhatni Gandhiji addressed the local public and the train started for Gorakhpur. There were not less than 15,000 to 20,000 people at Nunkhar, Deoria, Gauri Bazar, Chauri Chaura and Kusmhi (stations) …”?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Hindi Newspaper
This report comes from a Hindi newspaper in Gorakhpur, which described the atmosphere during Gandhiji’s speeches when he travelled through eastern Uttar Pradesh in February 1921. Huge crowds gathered at every station along the way. Local newspapers like this one are the source from which historians traced how the peasants saw Gandhiji.
NCERT (2025-26): “2.2 A people’s leader … This is how a Hindi newspaper in Gorakhpur reported the atmosphere during his speeches: At Bhatni Gandhiji addressed the local public and then the train started for Gorakhpur. There were not less than 15,000 to 20,000 people at Nunkhar, Deoria, Gauri Bazar, Chauri Chaura and Kusmhi (stations) … Mahatmaji was very pleased to witness the scene at Kusmhi, as despite the fact that the station is in the middle of a jungle there were not less than 10,000 people here.…” |