Modern History PYQ 434 of 709 · Non-Cooperation Movement

Who among the following died on the day the Non-Cooperation Movement began?

  1. AMadan Mohan Malaviya
  2. BAurobindo Ghosh
  3. CBal Gangadhar Tilak
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Correct answer: (c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

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Bal Gangadhar Tilak died in Bombay in the early hours of 1 August 1920, the day the Non-Cooperation Movement began. A vast crowd joined his funeral. In 1921 Gandhi set up the Tilak Swaraj Fund, with a target of one crore rupees, to finance the movement.

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