Chapter 2

NCERT
Class 9
History
Solutions
1. Imagine that you are a striking worker in 1905 who is being tried in court for your act of rebellion. Draft the speech you would make in your defence. Act out your speech for your class.

Question:

Imagine that you are a striking worker in 1905 who is being tried in court for your act of rebellion. Draft the speech you would make in your defence. Act out your speech for your class.

Answer:

Your Honour and respected citizens, I am innocent. I am a peasant who works hard in the field for a living. I get such low wages that I am not even able to give my children proper food. I have not committed any crime although I am being tried for stirring up rebellion. As per the increased price of bread, our wages should also be increased so that we do not have to starve. I am forced to work for more than 12 hours a day with poor working conditions. This is inhuman. I just demanded good working conditions, increased wages with 8 hours of work. Have I committed any crime by asking this much? Now I leave everything up to you to decide whether I have committed any crime or not.

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