In 1970s the renewed women's movement in India was known as Autonomous women's movement because it was ______.

Autonomous from political parties

The correct answer is Option 2: Autonomous from political parties

In the mid 1970s there was a renewal of the women’s movement in India. Some call it the second phase of the Indian women’s movement. While many of the concerns remained the same there were changes both in terms of organisational strategy as well as ideologies. There was the growth of what is termed as the autonomous women’s movements. The term ‘autonomy’ referred to the fact that they were ‘autonomous’ or independent from political parties as distinct from those women’s organisations that had links with political parties. It was felt that political parties tended to marginalise issues of women.

Note: This question is from pre rationalised NCERT of this chapter.