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Q71
(IAS/2001)
History & Culture › National Movement (1857–1947) › Gandhian mass movements
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The Hunter Commission was appointed after the
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The Hunter Committee (officially the Disorders Inquiry Committee) was constituted by the Government of India on October 14, 1919 to investigate the recent disturbances in Bombay, Delhi and Punjab, and specifically to inquire into the incidents at Amritsar (Jallianwala Bagh) and related atrocities. The commission, popularly known as the Hunter Commission after its chairman Lord William Hunter, was appointed in direct response to the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the subsequent repressive measures in Punjab, with witnesses (including General Dyer) being examined by the committee in late 1919 and early 1920 [2].
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- [1] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 15: Emergence of Gandhi > The Hunter Committee of Inquiry > p. 324
- [2] https://origins.osu.edu/milestones/april-2019-amritsar-massacre-gandhi-dyer-rowlatt-acts-punjab
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