Identify, using the code given below, the nationalist leader who was sentenced’ in the words outlined below : ‘the faet that in the eyes of millions of your countrymen you are a great patriot and great leader’ but ’as a man subject to the law, who has, by his own admission broken the law ’you are subject to six years imprisonment Code;

The nationalist leader described is Mahatma Gandhi. Following the suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement after the Chauri Chaura incident, Gandhi was arrested in March 1922 and charged with sedition for his writings in 'Young India' [3]. The trial was presided over by Justice C.N. Broomfield in Ahmedabad. In a historic judgment, Broomfield acknowledged Gandhi's unique status, stating that it was impossible to ignore that in the eyes of millions of his countrymen, he was a 'great patriot and a leader' [1]. Despite this personal admiration, the judge noted that as a man subject to the law who admitted to breaking it, Gandhi must be sentenced to six years of imprisonment [2]. This sentence matched the one previously given to Bal Gangadhar Tilak. Gandhi's dignified response and the judge's respectful tone made the 1922 trial a landmark event in the Indian freedom struggle [3].

Sources

1. [2] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 16: Non-Cooperation Movement and Khilafat Aandolan > Marxist Interpretation > p. 337
2. [3] Modern India ,Bipin Chandra, History class XII (NCERT 1982 ed.)[Old NCERT] > Chapter 15: Struggle for Swaraj > MODERN INDIA > p. 275
3. [1] THEMES IN INDIAN HISTORY PART III, History CLASS XII (NCERT 2025 ed.) > Chapter 11: MAHATMA GANDHI AND THE NATIONALIST MOVEMENT > 2. The Making and Unmaking of Non-cooperation > p. 291