Question

The first editor of the journal 'Indian Opinion' was
1. M. K. Gandhi
2. Albert West
3. Mahadev Desai
4. Mansukhlal Nazar

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Mansukhlal Nazar

The correct answer is Mansukhlal Nazar.

• The Indian Opinion was established by Gandhi Ji.
• Mansukhlal Hiralal Nazar was the first editor of "Indian Opinion".
• Gandhiji wrote a long and moving obituary in the Indian Opinion of 17 January 1906.
• Indian Opinion newspaper was published in Gujarati, Hindi, Tamil, and English and its editor was Mansukhlal Nazar.
• In 1904 its publication office was relocated in Phoenix, close to Durban.
• In the Indian Opinion, Gandhi highlighted the poor conditions in which the indentured workers worked.

• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, politician, social activist, and writer who became the leader of the nationalist movement against the British rule of India.  
• He is also called Bapu and known as the Father of the Nation.
• The Story of My Experiments with Truth is an autobiography of Gandhi Ji.
• This book covers the life of Gandhi Ji from early childhood through to 1921.
• It was published in his journal Navjivan from 1925 to 1929.
• Mahadev Desai was an Indian independence activist and writer.
• He has variously been described as "Gandhi's Boswell, a Plato to Gandhi's Socrates, as well as an Ananda to Gandhi's Buddha".