Previous Year Question
Which one of the following had supported the non-cooperation movement, but could not see its upshots?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Lala Lajpat Rai
Motilal Nehru
Chitranjan Das
Correct Answer: A
Detailed Solution
Issues such as the Rowlatt Act, the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the Khilafat question formed an important background to the Non-Cooperation Movement. Gandhi developed non-cooperation with British rule into a wider political programme.
Bal Gangadhar Tilak died on 1 August 1920 in Bombay. At this time, Gandhi's programme of non-cooperation was entering its initial phase.
Subsequently, the Calcutta Special Session of September 1920 approved the Non-Cooperation resolution, while the Nagpur Session of December 1920 gave the movement a more organised basis.
Thus, Tilak did not live to see the movement develop into a widespread mass movement and witness its consequences during 1920–22.