"Lal, Bal and Pal" were the towering leaders who advocated militant opposition to colonial rule. Who of the following was not one of them?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct answer is Option (4) → Lal Bahadur Shastri
The three leaders thrown up by the Swadeshi movement, known as “Lal, Bal and Pal”, were Lala Lajpat Rai of Punjab, Bal Gangadhar Tilak of Maharashtra and Bipin Chandra Pal of Bengal.
NCERT (2026-27): “1. A Leader Announces Himself … The India that Mahatma Gandhi came back to in 1915 was rather different from the one that he had left in 1893. Although still a colony of the British, it was far more active in a political sense. The Indian National Congress now had branches in most major cities and towns. Through the Swadeshi movement of 1905-07 it had greatly broadened its appeal among the middle classes. That movement had thrown up some towering leaders – among them Bal Gangadhar Tilak of Maharashtra, Bipin Chandra Pal of Bengal, and Lala Lajpat Rai of Punjab. The three were known as ‘Lal, Bal and Pal’, the alliteration conveying the all-India character of their struggle, since their native provinces were very distant from one another.…” |