Modern History PYQ 542 of 636 · Modern History: Miscellaneous

Who among the following capitalists served as an AICC Treasurer for many years and went to jail in 1930?

  1. AG. D. Birla
  2. BJamnalal Bajaj
  3. CJ. R. D. Tata
  4. DBalchand Hirachand

47th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2005

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Correct answer: (b) Jamnalal Bajaj

Explanation

Seth Jamnalal Bajaj was among the close associates of Gandhiji. He remained the Treasurer of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) for a long time. He went to jail for participating in the Nagpur Flag Satyagraha (1923) and again during the Civil Disobedience Movement (1930).

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