Practicing Success
Which of the following objective did independent India aim to accomplish? |
Embracing autocracy and centralized governance. Expanding colonial rule to neighbouring regions. Ensuring welfare for the impoverished and socially disadvantaged None of the above. |
Ensuring welfare for the impoverished and socially disadvantaged |
The correct answer is Option 3 - Ensuring welfare for the impoverished and socially disadvantaged In the national movement for independence, various voices emerged, but two common goals were widely agreed upon:
At the hour of midnight on 14-15 August 1947, India attained independence. Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of free India, addressed a special session of the Constituent Assembly that night. This was the famous ‘tryst with destiny’ speech that you are familiar with. This was the moment Indians had been waiting for. There were many voices in our national movement. But there were two goals almost everyone agreed upon: one, that after independence, we shall run our country through democratic government; and two, that the government will be run for the good of all, particularly the poor and the socially disadvantaged groups. Now that the country was independent, the time had come to realise the promise of freedom. |