Modern History PYQ 447 of 636 · Individual Satyagraha (1940)

Who started Individual Civil Disobedience?

  1. AVinoba Bhave
  2. BJawaharlal Nehru
  3. CSardar Patel
  4. DShaukat Ali

44th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2000

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Correct answer: (a) Vinoba Bhave

Explanation

The Individual Satyagraha began on 17 October 1940 from Paunar Ashram, Maharashtra. Vinoba Bhave was the first satyagrahi, while Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the second satyagrahi. After the arrest of Jawaharlal Nehru at Chheoki Railway Station (Prayagraj), Brahma datta was appointed as the next satyagrahi.

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