Mahatma Gandhi had given advance notice of his 'Salt March' to the viceroy :
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → Lord Irwin
Gandhiji had given advance notice of his “Salt March” to the Viceroy Lord Irwin, but Irwin failed to grasp the significance of the action.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
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* A similar question.
NCERT (2026-27): “3.1 Dandi … Where most Indians understood the significance of Gandhiji’s challenge, the British Raj apparently did not. Although Gandhiji had given advance notice of his ‘Salt March’ to the Viceroy Lord Irwin, Irwin failed to grasp the significance of the action. On 12 March 1930, Gandhiji began walking from his ashram at Sabarmati towards the ocean.…” |