Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Political Science

Chapter

Politics in India Since Independence: Challenges of nation Building

Question:

"Tomorrow we shall be free from the slavery of the British domination. But at midnight India will be partitioned. Tomorrow will thus be a day of rejoicing as well as of mourning". Who said the above lines?

Options:

Jawaharlal Nehru

Dr. BR. Ambedkar

Mahatma Gandhi

Sardar Patel

Correct Answer:

Mahatma Gandhi

Explanation:

The correct answer is option (3) - Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi said these lines on 14 August 1947, Kolkata:  "Tomorrow we shall be free from the slavery of the British domination. But at midnight India will be partitioned. Tomorrow will thus be a day of rejoicing as well as of mourning."