Multiple choice

Which of the following persons left the Congress after other leaders resigned in protest against his abandonment of the principles, introduced by Gandhi?

  1. Mahadev Desai

  2. Subhas Chandra Bose

  3. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

  4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Subhas Chandra Bose resigned from the presidency of the Indian National Congress in 1939 after a conflict with Gandhi and other senior leaders. The 'Old Guard' of the party resigned from the Working Committee to protest Bose's radical stance, which they felt abandoned Gandhian principles. Bose subsequently left the Congress to form the Forward Bloc.

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