Question

During India's struggle for independence, who among the following became the President of the All India States People’s Conference in 1939?
1. Jawaharlal Nehru
2. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
3. C Rajagopalachari
4. Vinoba Bhave

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Jawaharlal Nehru

The correct answer is Jawaharlal Nehru.

• The urban middle class organized themselves into Praja-Parishads or Praja Mandals with nationalistic views emerging in the princely states. The earliest of them was in Baroda in 1917, followed by Kathiawar, Mysore, Hyderabad, etc.
• The All-India States People's Conference was organized in 1927 with an aim to influence state governments to initiate significant reforms in administration and demanding democratic rights.
• The princely states formed two-fifths of British India.
• Jawaharlal Nehru became the All India States People’s Conference President in 1939 and remained so until 1946.