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Who called Gandhiiji 'the half naked Fakir'?

  1. Winston Churchill

  2. Sarojini Naidu

  3. Queen Elizabeth

  4. Ravindranath Tagore
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Winston Churchill called Gandhi a 'half-naked fakir' in a 1931 speech, expressing contempt for Gandhi's simple dhoti attire and the Indian independence movement. This remark reflected colonial attitudes and Churchill's opposition to Indian freedom. Churchill was British Prime Minister during WWII.

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