India General Knowledge

    Cauvery Water dispute Delivering its verdict on the longstanding Cauvery Water dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu the Supreme court ruled that Karnataka would have to release 177.25 thousand million cubic feet of water ot Tamil Nadu as against and earlier quantum of 192 thousand million cubic feet(tmcft) ·          The court also allocated an additional 4.75 tmcft to Bengaluru to meet the drinking water and domestic requirements of the global city. Thus Karnataka wil now receive 284.75 tmcft as against the 270 tmcft it gets at present. ·          The states of Kerala and Puducherry would continue to receive 30 tmcft and 7tmcft respectively. ·          Tamil Nadu receives 414.25 tmcft of water annually which include 10 tmcft an account of availability of groundwater. ·          The new water sharing scheme will be applicable for the next 15 years. ·          The central government has been directed to constitute the Cauvery Water Management board within

Swaraj Party(1923): Gandhi’s decision to call off the agitation caused frustration amoang masses. His decision came in for server criticism form his colleagues like Motilal Nehru, C.R.   Das and N.C Kelkar, who organized the Swaraj Party. The foundations of the Swaraj Party were laid on Jan. 1, 1923, as the Congress Khilafat Swaraj   Party. It proposed then and alternative programme of diverting the movement form widespread civil disobedience programme to restrictive one which would encourage its member to enter into legislative councils (established under Mont-ford Reforms of 1919) by contesting elections in order ot wreck the legislature form within and to use moral pressure to compel the authority to concede to the popular demand for self-government. In the election held in 1923 the Swaraj Party captured 45 of the 145 seats. In provincial elections they secured few seats but in the Central Province they secured a clear majority. In Bengal, the Swaraj Party was the largest

Rowlatt Act(1919)   During the viceroyalty of Lord Chelmsford, a sedition committee was appointed by the government in 1918 with Justice Rowlatt which made certain recommendations of curb seditious activities in India. The Rowlatt Act 1919 gave unbridled powers to the government to arrest and imprisons suspects, without trial. The act caused a wave of anger among the people. Even before the3 act was passed, popular agitation began against it Gandhi ji decided to fight against this act and he gave a call for Satyagraha on April 6, 1919. He3 was arrested on April 8, 1919; this led to further intensification of the agitation in Delhi, Ahmedabad and Punjab. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre (April 13, 1919) The arrest of Dr. Saifuddin   Kitchlu   and Dr. Satypal on April 10,1919 , under the Rowlatt Act in connection with Satyagraha caused serious unrest in Punjab. A public meeting was held on April 13, 1919 in a park called Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar where thousands of people inclu