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Besides the All-India Backward Classes Federation and the All India B…

Besides the All-India Backward Classes Federation and the All India Backward Classes League, a Hindu Backward Classes League was formed in which of the following?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 4

The correct answer is Option (4) → United Provinces

Option (1) Princely state of Mysore — Incorrect. Mysore was the princely state where the term Backward Classes came into wider use from 1918. Its link is with the spread of the term.

Option (2) Madras presidency — Incorrect. Madras presidency was the first region where the term came into wider use, from 1872. Its place is in the history of the term.

Option (3) Bombay presidency — Incorrect. Bombay presidency took up the term later, from 1925. It too marks the spread of the term.

Option (4) United Provinces — Correct. The caste organisations formed from the 1920s included the United Provinces Hindu Backward Classes League. The All-India Backward Classes Federation and the All India Backward Classes League were formed beside it.

NCERT (2026-27): “Backward Class Castes Movements …
The term ‘Backward Classes’ has been in use in different parts of the country since the late 19 Century. It began to be used more widely in Madras presidency since 1872, in the princely state of Mysore since 1918, and in Bombay presidency since 1925. From the 1920s, a number of organisations united around the issue of caste sprang up in different parts of the country. These included the United Provinces Hindu Backward Classes League, All-India Backward Classes Federation, All India Backward Classes League. In 1954, 88 organisations were counted working for the Backward Classes.”