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SSC CHSL 2020 PYQ — Question 42

SSC CHSL - 15th October 2020 - Shift 1 • General Awareness • Q42

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To whom did Mahatma Gandhi give the title ‘Deen Bandhu’?

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. C.F. Andrews.

  • Deenabandhu is a defunct Malayalam language newspaper printed daily and published in Thrissur city, Kerala in India. 
  • The newspaper was the first periodical published from the Kingdom of Cochin which supported the Indian Independence Movement. 
  • Deenabandhu was started as a weekly on 26 January 1941 from Thrissur city with V.R. Krishnan Ezhuthachan as editor-in-chief.
  • The newspaper was named after Charles Freer Andrews known affectionately as Deenbandhu or Friend of the Poor, a name given by Mahatma Gandhi for his contributions to the Indian Independence Movement.