Image: Mahatma Gandhi, historical photograph. Wikimedia Commons.
In March 1922, Mahatma Gandhi was arrested by the British authorities and charged with sedition. His trial followed the suspension of the Non-Cooperation Movement.
Why Gandhi was arrested
British authorities prosecuted Gandhi over writings published in Young India. The government regarded his articles as promoting disaffection against colonial rule.
The Ahmedabad trial
The trial took place in Ahmedabad before Judge C. N. Broomfield. Gandhi accepted responsibility for the writings and did not deny that he had opposed British rule.
The sentence
Gandhi was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment. He was released in 1924 after undergoing an operation for appendicitis.
Political significance
The trial demonstrated the growing confrontation between Gandhi’s mass politics and the colonial government’s legal system.
Read NewsNationOnline’s Chauri Chaura article and the Gandhi Heritage Portal.
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