Modern History PYQ 533 of 636 · Modern History: Miscellaneous

Who was the secretary of Mahatma Gandhi during Noakhali?

  1. ANirmal Kumar Bose
  2. BMahadev Desai
  3. CPyare Lal
  4. DVallabh Bhai Patel

41st B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1996

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Correct answer: (a) Nirmal Kumar Bose

Explanation

During the phase of violence in the Noakhali region of Bengal, Mahatma Gandhi’s personal secretary was the famous Bengali anthropologist and Gandhian leader Nirmal Kumar Bose. He also worked as Mahatma Gandhi’s interpreter in Bengal. He remained Mahatma Gandhi’s personal secretary till 1946–47.

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