Q82 · UPPSC Prelims 2021 · Set D · General Studies

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The name of the foreign journalist who reported about Satyagraha at Dharsana salt works was

A Francis Louis
B Mark Tully
C Web Miller
D Philip Sprat

Correct answer: (c) Web Miller

Explanation

  1. A

    Francis Louis

    Francis Louis is not the foreign journalist keyed to the Dharasana salt-works satyagraha reports. This option is not the key.

  2. B

    Mark Tully

    Mark Tully is a later BBC correspondent associated with independent India’s political reporting, not with 1930 Dharasana. This option is therefore wrong.

  3. C

    Web Miller

    Web Miller (Webb Miller) is the official key. He was a United Press correspondent whose despatches on the 1930 Dharasana salt satyagraha described the police beating of non-violent volunteers after Gandhi’s arrest. Those reports carried the raid to a world audience. Among the four names, Miller is the journalist of that episode, so (c) is correct.

  4. D

    Philip Sprat

    Philip Spratt was a British communist activist linked to the Meerut Conspiracy Case, not the Dharasana reporter. This option is not the key.

Summary. Official key is (c) Web Miller. Webb Miller’s United Press reporting made the Dharasana salt raid internationally known in 1930. Mark Tully belongs to a later century of journalism. Spratt is a Meerut-case name, not a salt-satyagraha correspondent. Only (c) is correct.