Question

After gaining independence from the British rule, who reminded Jawaharlal Nehru, ‘freedom comes to India, not to the congress’, urging the formulation of a cabinet that included the ablest men regardless of party affiliation ?
1. C. Rajgopalachari
2. Dr. Rajendra Prasad
3. Mahatma Gandhi
4. Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Mahatma Gandhi

• Mahatma Gandhi reminded Jawaharlal Nehru, ‘freedom comes to India, not to the congress’, urging the formulation of a cabinet that included the ablest men regardless of party affiliation.
• Gandhi marked 15 August 1947 with a twenty-four-hour fast. The freedom he had struggled so long for had come at an unacceptable price. 
• In Delhi, there was ‘prolonged applause’ when the president of the Constituent Assembly began the meeting by invoking the Father of the Nation – Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Outside, the crowds shouted ‘Mahatma Gandhi ki jai’.
• Therefore, Gandhiji was a great leader and figure in the freedom struggle of India.         

• ​C Rajagopalachari - An important freedom fighter. In 1947, he was appointed the first Governor of West Bengal.
• Dr. Rajendra Prasad-  Indian politician, lawyer, and journalist who was the first president of the Republic of India.He also was a comrade of Mahatma Gandhi early in the non-cooperation movement for independence and was president of the Indian National Congress.
• Vallabhbhai Patel Vallabhbhai- Patel was an Indian barrister, statesman and a prominent leader of the Indian Independence movement. Popularly known as Sardar Patel and The Ironman of India, he was the first Deputy Prime Minister and the first Home Minister of independent India.