INDIAN HISTORY

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following leader said that the Act of 1935 provided ‘a machine with strong brakes but no engine’?
A
Jawaharlal Nehru
B
Rajendra Prasad
C
Mahatma Gandhi
D
Vallabhbhai Patel
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Jawaharlal Nehru said that the Act of 1935 provided ‘a machine with strong brakes but no engine’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nehru called it “a machine with strong brakes but no engine".

Detailed explanation-3: -Jawahar Lal Nehru mentions Government of india Act 1935 as the “Charter of Slavery” and compares it with a “machine with all brakes, no engine“.

Detailed explanation-4: -This act by providing separate electorates for Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Europeans, Anglo Indians, Indian Christians etc. proved to be an instrument of disintegrating the unity fabric of the country. It was over obstructing and Nehru called it “all breaks, no engine”.

Detailed explanation-5: -Jawaharlal Nehru denounced the 1935 Act as a new charter of slavery.

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