Who among the following led the Salt Satyagraha march from Trichy to Vedaranyam in Tamil Nadu?
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari.
Vedaranyam Satyagraha
- C. Rajagopalachari led the Salt Satyagraha march from Trichy (Tiruchirappalli) to Vedaranyam in Tamil Nadu during the Indian independence movement.
- This march, a part of the larger Civil Disobedience Movement, was inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's Dandi March and aimed to protest the British salt tax.
- The march began on April 13, 1930, in Trichinopoly (now Tiruchirappalli) and concluded in Vedaranyam, a coastal town, on April 28, 1930.
C. Rajagopalachari
- He was born in the Thorapalli village of Hosur taluk in the Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu.
Political Career
- He was the Governor of West Bengal from 1947 to 1948.
- Governor-General of India from 1948 to 1950.
- Union Home Minister from 1951 to 1952.
- Chief Minister of Madras state from 1952 to 1954.
- In 1959, he resigned from the Indian National Congress and founded the Swatantra Party.