Dr. G. G. Parikh, the freedom fighter and socialist who died on Gandhi Jayanti 2025 at the age of 101, had been jailed as a student during:
- Athe Quit India Movement of 1942
- Bthe Non-Cooperation Movement of 1920
- Cthe Emergency of 1975
- Dthe Salt Satyagraha of 1930
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Correct answer: (a) the Quit India Movement of 1942
Explanation
G. G. Parikh was jailed for ten months at 18 in the Quit India Movement. Parikh founded the Yusuf Meherally Centre at Tara village, Raigad, in 1961, and edited the socialist weekly "Janata".