Question

_____ is also known as the Iron man of India.
1. Motilal Nehru
2. Sardar Patel
3. Lal Bahadur Shastri
4. Mahatma Gandhi

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Sardar Patel

The correct answer is Sardar Patel.

• Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel (31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950):
  • He was popularly known as Sardar Patel.
  • He was an Indian politician.
  • He served as the First Deputy Prime Minister of India.
  • He acted as Home Minister during the political integration of India and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.
• After the success of the oil Satyagraha movement, the women of Bardoli given this title to Sardar Patel. 
• The present-day all-India administrative services owe their origin to Sardar Patel's sagacity and thus he is regarded as the father of modern Indian services.

• Lal Bahadur Shastri was an Indian politician who served as the second Prime Minister of India.
  • He promoted the White Revolution – a national campaign to increase the production and supply of milk – by supporting the Amul milk co-operative of Anand, Gujarat, and creating the National Dairy Development Board.
• Motilal Nehru (6 May 1861 – 6 February 1931) was an Indian lawyer, activist, and politician belonging to the Indian National Congress.
  • He also served as the Congress President twice, 1919–1920 and 1928–1929.
  • He was a member of the Nehru-Gandhi family and the father of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India.
• Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, also known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political ethicist, who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule, and in turn, inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.