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History GK · Q535

Modern Indian History

Competitive Exams · History GK · question 535

Q535

Who had set up the Anti-Untouchability League for the eradication of the evil of untouchability?

A.
Jagjivan Ram
B.
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
C.
Acharya Kripalani
D.
Mahatma Gandhi
Answer

Answer: Option D

Solution

Answer: Option D
Solution:
The scrapping of separate electorates was only the beginning of the end of untouchability. Under Gandhi’s inspiration, while he was still in prison, a new organization, Harijan Sevak Sangh was founded to combat untouchability and a new weekly paper, the Harijan, was started. Harijan means "children of God"; it was Gandhi’s name for the "untouchables".