A research scholar in a Delhi archive is reading newspaper files from 1942 to 1947. She marks reports of a nationwide movement against British rule, of an upsurge in the spring of 1946 that won wide public support, and of strikes by workers and peasants in different regions. She notes who took part in these protests and how they behaved towards one another. She then turns to reports on talks between the major political parties and to news of communal violence in 1946, trying to see how the period led up to the work of the Constituent Assembly.
Who rose in the upsurge of the spring of 1946 that the scholar marks in her files?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Ratings of the Royal Indian Navy in Bombay
Option (1) Workers of the textile mills in Ahmedabad — Incorrect. Workers did protest through the late 1940s, in periodic and scattered mass protests across the country.
Option (2) Peasants of the Tebhaga movement in Bengal — Incorrect. Peasant protests were also part of these years. The spring 1946 upsurge came from the navy.
Option (3) Soldiers of the Indian National Army in Singapore — Incorrect. The armed bid for freedom with foreign aid was led by Subhas Chandra Bose. It is a separate memory from the 1946 rising.
Option (4) Ratings of the Royal Indian Navy in Bombay — Correct. The rising of the ratings of the Royal Indian Navy in Bombay and other cities in the spring of 1946 evoked much popular sympathy.
NCERT (2026-27): “1. A Tumultuous Time … “One striking feature of these popular upsurges was the degree of Hindu-Muslim unity they manifested.” |