INDIAN HISTORY

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following leader given the term ‘insenate waste’ on the burning of the foreign clothes during the Non-Cooperation Movement?
A
Motilal Nehru
B
Rabindra Nath Tagore
C
Mohammad Ali
D
Lord Reading
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Rabindranath Tagore was opposed to the movement and called the burning of foreign clothes an insensate waste. During the Non-Cooperation Movement, Rabindra Nath Tagore coined the phrase “insenate waste” to describe the burning of foreign clothes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rabindranath Tagore linked the burning of the foreign clothes during the Non-Cooperation Movement as ‘insensate waste’. Tagore openly criticizes the non-cooperation calling it as political asceticism. He argued that instead of non-cooperation, India should stand on cooperation of all people of the world.

Detailed explanation-3: -Rabindranath Tagore was against the movement and opposed the burning of foreign clothes and called it an insensate waste. The All India Muslim League also criticized the idea.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Non-cooperation Movement was launched on 5th September 1920 by the Indian National Congress (INC) under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. In September 1920, in Congress session in Calcutta, the party introduced the Non-Cooperation programme.

Detailed explanation-5: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Jamna Das Thakur Das.

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