Who was best known for hoisting the Indian National Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan in Bombay during the Quit India Movement?
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Correct answer: A
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The correct answer is option 1 i.e Aruna Asaf Ali.
| Aruna Asaf Ali was an Indian educator, political activist, and publisher. She is widely remembered for hoisting the Indian National flag at the Gowalia Tank maidan. She edited Inquilab, a monthly magazine of the Congress Party, along with Ram Manohar Lohia. In 1958, she was elected the first Mayor of Delhi. |
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Kanaklata Barua |
Kanaklata Barua also called Birbalaand Shaheed. An active organizer and member of Mrityu Bahini, Kanaklata was shot dead by the British police on September 20, 1942, while she was leading a procession holding the national flag during the Quit India Movement. She was just 18. |
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Bhikaji Rustom Cama |
The first person to hoist the Indian flag on foreign soil in Stuttgart in Germany. Appealing for human rights, equality, and autonomy from Great Britain |
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Lakshmi Sahgal |
She is a freedom fighter and a social activist who served in Subhash Chandra Bose’s Indian National Army (INA). Lakshmi Sehgal was born on October 24, 1914, in Madras. Captain Lakshmi was the presidential candidate for the Left in 2002, an election that A. P. J. Abdul Kalam would win. |