HistoryModern India: Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist movement

A popular print made after Gandhiji's death shows him blessing two le…

A popular print made after Gandhiji's death shows him blessing two leaders standing on two sides of his pyre, representing two strands within the Congress. Identify the two leaders.

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 2

The correct answer is Option (2) → Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel

The popular print The death of the Mahatma shows Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel at the two sides of the pyre, with Gandhiji at the centre shown as the unifying force of the national movement.

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In popular representations, Mahatma Gandhi was deified, and shown as the unifying force within the national movement. Here you can see Jawaharlal Nehru and Sardar Patel, representing two strands within the Congress, standing on two sides of Gandhiji’s pyre. Blessing them both from a heavenly realm, is Mahatma Gandhi, at the centre.”