With respect to Individual Satyagraha, consider the following statements.

1. Adamant stand of the British of not taking any constitutional reforms lead to the above.

2. “ Delhi Chalo Movement ” was the result of Satyagraha.

3. Nehru was the leader of the movement and was the first to offer the individual satyagraha.

4. To give another opportunity to the Government to accept Congress’ demands peacefully was one of the aims of launching individual satyagrahas.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below.

Solution

· Statement 1 is correct: The British government had taken the adamant position that no constitutional advancement could be made till the congress came to an agreement with the Muslim leaders. It issued ordinance and promulgated it many times resulting in taking away the freedom of speech and that of the press and the right to organize associations. · Statement 2 is correct: The demand of the satyagrahi would be the freedom of speech against the war through anti-war declaration. If the Government did not arrest the ‘Satyagrahi’, he or she would not only repeat it but move into villages and start a march towards Delhi, thus initiating a movement which came to be known as the “Delhi Chalo Movement”. · Statement 3 is incorrect: Towards the end of 1940, the congress once again asked Gandhi to take command. He began taking steps which would lead to a mass struggle and initiated a limited Satyagraha on an individual basis by a few selected individuals in every locality. Vinoba Bhave was the first to offer the Satyagraha and Nehru, the second. By may 1941 around 25000 people had been convicted for individual civil disobedience. · Statement 4 is correct: Followings were the aims of launching individual Satyagrahas. To show that nationalist patience was not due to weakness. To express people’s feeling that they were not interested in the war and that they made no distinction between Nazism and the double autocracy that ruled India. To give another opportunity to the Government to Congress’ demands peacefully.