UPSC Prelims 2004·GS1·history·modern history

During the Indian Freedom Struggle, who among the following proposed that Swaraj should be defined as complete independence free from all foreign control?

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  1. AMazharul Haque
  2. BMaulana Hasrat MohaniCorrect
  3. CHakim Ajmal Khan
  4. DAbul Kalam Azad

Explanation

The correct answer is B because Maulana Hasrat Mohani was the first leader to move a resolution for complete independence, or Purna Swaraj, at the Ahmedabad session of the Indian National Congress in 1921. He argued that Swaraj should not just mean self-rule within the British Empire but must be defined as complete independence free from all foreign control. Although his proposal was not accepted by the Congress leadership at that time, it laid the groundwork for the eventual adoption of the Purna Swaraj resolution in 1929. Mohani was a noted Urdu poet and a radical leader who consistently advocated for total liberation from British rule.
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