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Download Solution PDF'A post-dated cheque drawn on a failing bank' with regard to Cripps Mission was given by who among the following?
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Option 2 : Mahatma Gandhi
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Mahatma Gandhi.
Key Points
- Mahatma Gandhi:
- He initiated the Individual Satyagraha to affirm the right to free speech.
- Gandhiji was the president of only the Indian National Congress session of 1924 at the Belgaum session.
- In August 1942, Gandhiji started the Quit India Movement.
- The Civil Disobedience Movement was launched in March 1930 under the leadership of Gandhi.
- Gandhi called Cripps Mission 'A post-dated cheque drawn on a failing bank' due to the Cripps offer of Dominion Status after the war.
Additional Information
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel:
- He is popularly known as the Iron Man of India.
- The Statue of Unity is built in dedication to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
- He was India’s first Deputy Prime Minister and first Home Minister.
- Since 2014, October 31 is being celebrated as ''National Unity Day'' to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
- J. L. Nehru:
- He was the First Prime Minister of India.
- He Built institutions such as IIT and AIIMS.
- Nehru was elected as the president of the Lahore session of INC on 29 December 1929 and introduced a successful resolution calling for Swaraj.
- He was Second Individual Satyagrahi.
- B. R . Ambedkar:
- He is responsible for changing the working hours from 14 hours every day to 8 hours.
- He is known as the 'Father of the Indian Constitution as he was the chief architect of the Indian Constitution.
- He was the first Law Minister of independent India.
- He called Article 32 the soul and heart of the constitution.
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