Multiple choice general knowledge history

He had taken a vow of life long celibacy in Mahabharata.

  1. Kripacharya

  2. Dronacharya

  3. Bhishma

  4. Ashwathama

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Explanation

Bhishma took a solemn vow of lifelong celibacy (and gave up his claim to the throne) so that his father Shantanu could marry Satyavati, whose father demanded her children inherit the throne.