Multiple choice

In February 1943, while in jail, why did Gandhiji declare 21 days' fast?

  1. He wanted the people to stop violence in the Quit India Movement

  2. He was forcing the Hindu and Muslim separatists to shun divisive policies and to strive for united India

  3. This was his answer to the Government which had been constantly exhorting him to condemn the violence of the people during the Quit India Movement

  4. This was a part. of his non-violence strategy of forcing the. British Government to concede the Congress demand for complete independence of India
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Explanation

The fast was a response to the government's attempt to force Gandhi to condemn the violence of the 1942 Quit India movement, which he refused to do, instead blaming the government for the repression that caused the violence.

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