The task of drafting Congress Inquiry Committee report on Jallianwala Bagh Massacre was entrusted to

The correct answer is B) Mahatma Gandhi. The Congress inquiry committee on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre (April 1919) was set up in late 1919 and was chaired by Motilal Nehru. Its members included C.R. Das, M.R. Jayakar, Abbas Tyabji and Fazlul Haq, and the task of drafting the report fell to Gandhi. Keep this distinct from the official Hunter Commission, set up by the government, which did not have Congress members.

• A) Jawaharlal Nehru: He was not the drafter. He was involved in the Punjab agitation, but the report drafting was not his assignment.
• C) C R Das: He was a committee member and a prominent leader, but not the one entrusted with drafting.
• D) Fazlul Haq: He was a member of the committee from Bengal, not the drafter.

The core concept is the contrast between the official inquiry and the nationalist counter-inquiry, which shaped the political consciousness that led to Non-Cooperation. For Mains, it links to colonial repression, the Rowlatt Act and the growth of mass politics under Gandhi.

Trap: Aspirants often pick Nehru or Das because they were prominent committee figures. The question asks who drafted the report, not who chaired or sat on the committee.