Question

Who characterized the partition of India as "a surrender of nationalism in favor of communalism"?
1. Saifuddin Kitchlew
2. M. N. Roy
3. C. Rajagopalachari
4. Moulana Md. Ali

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Saifuddin Kitchlew

The correct answer is Saifuddin Kitchlew.

• Saifuddin Kitchlew was an Indian freedom fighter, barrister, politician, and later a leader of the peace movement.
  • He understood the futility of pan-Islamism and became committed to the cause of united nationalism in an atmosphere charged with communal hostility.
    • He maintained that India’s greatest enemy was British imperialism and only united action could defeat it.
    • He strongly opposed the idea of partition along religious lines.
  • He was the face of the protest against the Rowlatt Act that the British implemented in 1919.
  • He was the guiding force behind the Naujawan Bharat Sabha, an organization founded by Sardar Bhagat Singh in 1926.
  • On April 9, 1919, two nationalist leaders, Saifuddin Kitchlew and Dr. Satyapal were arrested by the British officials without any provocation except that they had addressed protest meetings, and taken to some unknown destination.

M. N. Roy	Manabendra Nath Roy was an Indian revolutionary, radical activist, and political theorist. He had a mysterious personality in the history of anticolonial extremism. Roy was a founder of the Mexican Communist Party and the Communist Party of India (Tashkent group).
C. Rajagopalachari	He was the last Governor-General of India till 1950. He was also known as CR, Mango of Krishnagiri, Rajaji. Mahatma called Rajaji the ‘keeper of my conscience’.
Moulana Md. Ali	Maulana Mohammad Ali Jouhar was an Indian Muslim leader, activist, scholar, journalist, and poet, and was among the leading figures of the Khilafat Movement. The 1923 Kakinada session of Congress was presided by Maulana Mohammad Ali and soon after this session, he split from the Congress citing the communal riots. He was one of the founders and presidents of the All-India Muslim League and one of the co-founders of the Jamia Millia Islamia in 1920, which was later moved to Delhi.