Q. With reference to Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, consider the following statements:
1.Organized and led the Vedaranyam March in 1930 to protest against the colonial salt tax laws.
2.Formulated the C.R. Formula to find a solution to the political deadlock between the Congress and the Muslim League.
3.Following India’s independence, he served as the final Governor-General of India from 1948 to 1950.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Answer: D
Notes:
Detailed Explanation:
- Statement 1 is correct: In response to Mahatma Gandhi’s call for Civil Disobedience, C. Rajagopalachari (popularly known as Rajaji) replicated the Salt Satyagraha in Tamil Nadu. He led the historic Vedaranyam Salt March in April 1930 to break the restrictive British salt laws.
- Statement 2 is correct: In 1944, he proposed the C.R. Formula as a mechanism to break the pre-Partition political deadlock between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League over the demand for Pakistan.
- Statement 3 is correct: After India became free, Rajaji succeeded Lord Mountbatten to become the first (and only) Indian Governor-General of independent India, serving from 1948 until the country declared itself a Republic on January 26, 1950. All three statements are accurate.
