During the Civil Disobedience Movement, a powerful agitation against Cunningham Circular was launched in Assam because it

The correct answer is Prohibited students from participating in political activities . Key Points Cunningham Circular: It played a very important role in shaping the freedom struggle in Assam. While the entire country was getting ready for the start of the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930 , students in Assam played a key role in the freedom struggle. To stem the students' participation in the Civil Disobedience Movement, the 'Cunning Circular' was implemented in 1930 by the British. This ruling forbade students from participating in political activities. It forced students and their guardians to furnish assurances of good behavior. Hence, option 3 is the correct answer. Students quit schools in protest and many educational institutions like Kamrup Academy of Guwahati and Sibsagar Vidyapeeth were established . When the whole country was preparing for the start of the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930, students in Assam also played a key role. To discourage and stop students to participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement, J.R. Cunningham, the then powerful Director of Public Information of Assam, issued the Cunningham circular in 1930 imposing a blanket ban on any anti-British and pro- swadeshi activity by students. It forced parents, guardians, and students to furnish assurances of good behavior and also asked them to sign an undertaking that they would have to quit their schools and colleges if they participated in anti-government demonstrations or movements. The circular was aimed to forbade students from participating in political activities and so, it raised a very strong response. Thousands of students, throughout Assam, left their educational institutions. Many swadeshi educational institutions like Kamrup Academy of Guwahati and Sibsagar Vidyapeeth were also established at the same time to accommodate the students leaving British Govt. schools & colleges. Additional Information The Kamrup Academy: It is the first swadeshi school in the Northeast, was conceived with Rai Bahadur Kalicharan Sengupta as its president and Gaurikanta Talukdar as its secretary. The school started functioning on July 15, 1930, and initially, lessons were imparted in both Bengali and Assamese languages. Physical education was greatly stressed upon and many students became disciples of Khudu Mahanta, the legendary sword and stick trainer who taught the skills of self-defence in the academy. Many other prominent educational institutions of Guwahati like B. Baruah College and J.B. Law Colleges started from the premises of the Kamrup Academy. The school stands as a symbol of a great heritage, sacrifice, and commitment During Shyama Prasad Mukherjee's visit to the school as the Union education minister, he was very impressed and said, "What India needs is man-making education as prescribed by Swami Vivekananda. Nationalist institutions like Kamrup Academy should serve as the model for the country."