Match List I with List II

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

The correct answer is Option 2 - A-IV, B-I, C-II, D-III

Correct Match:

Explanation:

Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (1891-1956) was a prominent leader of the anti-caste movement & played a pivotal role in the struggle for justice for the Dalits. He founded the Independent Labour Party, The Scheduled Castes Federation & envisioned the formation of the Republican Party of India. However, he resigned from his ministerial post in 1951 due to differences with the government over the Hindu Code Bill. In 1956, he renounced Hinduism and embraced Buddhism along with thousands of his followers.

Founded in 1929, as National Revolutionary Party and later renamed as the Institutional Revolutionary Party, the PRI (in Spanish), exercised power in Mexico for almost six decades. It represented the legacy of the Mexican revolution. Originally PRI was a mixture of various interests including political and military leaders, labour and peasant organisations and numerous political parties.

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.

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.