With reference to modern Indian history, Individual Satyagraha launched during 1940s because

  1. Congress did not have enough funds required to organise a mass movement.
  2. Congress did not want to adversely impact Britain’s war efforts
  3. Many political parties were not in favour of a mass movement.
  4. The Cripps Mission proposals failed to satisfy Indian nationalists.

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Option 2 : Congress did not want to adversely impact Britain’s war efforts
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The correct answer is 2 only

Key Points

  • Cripps Mission was sent by the British Government in March 1942.
  • The radicals and leftists wanted to launch a mass civil disobedience movement, but here Gandhi insisted on Individual Satyagraha by a few selected individuals.
  • It was kept limited so as not to embarrass Britain's war effort by a mass upheaval in India.
  • The Individual Satyagraha was not to seek independence but to affirm the right of speech. Hence, Option 2 is correct.

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