Correct answer: D. To make the deaf government hear
Explanation: The direct answer is D, “to make the deaf government hear.” On 8 April 1929, Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw low-intensity bombs in the Central Legislative Assembly in Delhi as a symbolic act of protest. Their purpose was not to cause mass casualties; they wanted to draw attention to revolutionary ideas and protest against colonial repression. The reasoning is: the Assembly represented British colonial authority; the bombs were deliberately used as a dramatic political message; the revolutionaries avoided making the act a massacre; and they stayed to be arrested so that their statements could be heard in court. Option A is wrong because causing casualties was not their declared objective, and the historical account stresses symbolic protest. Option B is unrelated; the event was not a trade stoppage. Option C has no connection with the political purpose of the act. Option D is correct because the famous phrase expressed the wish to awaken an unresponsive colonial government and public opinion. This does not mean the act was harmless or legally acceptable; it means its declared political aim was communication and protest. Memory cue: Assembly bombing—symbolic sound, not a plan for mass killing.