Multiple choice

During which one of the following movements did Mahatma Gandhi write, 'Personally I am so sick of slavery that I am even prepared to take the risk of anarchy'?

  1. Home Rule Movement

  2. Non-Cooperation Movement

  3. Civil Disobedience Movement

  4. Quit India Movement
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Explanation

Mahatma Gandhi wrote the statement 'Personally I am so sick of slavery that I am even prepared to take the risk of anarchy' during the Quit India Movement (August 1942). This was his most radical movement where he gave the call 'Do or Die' to the British. The famous 'Quit India' speech contained his most militant rhetoric against continued colonial rule, expressing willingness to risk chaos rather than accept continued slavery.

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