Match the following leaders listed in List I with the parties in List II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I 

The correct answer is option (1) - A-III, B-IV, C-II, D-I 

Correct Match:

Explanation:

Shyama Prasad Mukherjee- He was born in Calcutta in a Bengali Brahmin family. He emerged as a leader of Hindu Mahasabha, advocating for the interests of the Hindu community. With the support of the RSS, he founded the 'Bharatiya Jana Sangh', which eventually evolved into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He held contrasting views on India's policy of granting autonomy to Jammu & Kashmir. During the Jana Sangh's agitation against the government's Kashmir policy, he was arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police. He passed away in detention, a day after being provisionally diagnosed with a heart attack.

Minoo Masani, C. Rajagopalachari, K.M Munshi and N.G. Rangaa are the leaders associated with the Swatantrata Party that was formed in August 1959 after the Nagpur resolution of the Congress.

Acharya Narendra Dev (1889-1956): He was born as Narendra Nath on October 31, 1889, in Sitapur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Acharya Narendra Dev actively fought for India's independence and served as a member & the founding President of the Congress Socialist Party. He endured multiple imprisonments due to his involvement in the struggle against British rule. Narendra Dev championed the rights and welfare of peasants, becoming an integral part of the peasants' movement. He was a scholar of Buddhism. After India gained independence, he led the Socialist Party. Later, he became associated with the Praja Socialist Party.

S.A. Dange, A. K. Gopalan, P.C. Joshi, Ajay Ghosh, etc. were important communist leaders of the Communist Party of India.