In which year did the Royal Indian Navy Mutiny begin in Bombay?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → 1946
The ratings of the Royal Indian Navy rose in Bombay and other cities in the spring of 1946, an upsurge that evoked much popular sympathy.
Note: A same/similar question was asked in CUET (UG) in the papers below.
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NCERT (2026-27): “1. A Tumultuous Time … On 15 August 1947, India had been made free, but it had also been divided. Fresh in popular memory were the Quit India struggle of 1942 – perhaps the most widespread popular movement against the British Raj – as well as the bid by Subhas Chandra Bose to win freedom through armed struggle with foreign aid. An even more recent upsurge had also evoked much popular sympathy – this was the rising of the ratings of the Royal Indian Navy in Bombay and other cities in the spring of 1946.…” |