Question:Who was the founding president of Harijan Sevak Sangh?
(a) Amritlal Takkar
(b) Ghanshyam Das Birla
(c) Sachindra Bakshi
(d) Subodh Roy
Answer: (b)
Related facts:
- Harijan Sevak Sangh celebrated its foundation day on September 30,2020.
- On this day in 1932, Harijan Sevak Sangh was founded, when Mahatma Gandhi was in Yervada Jail, Pune and on fast.
- The immediate historical background dates back to the Second Round Table Conference in London in 1931 when Gandhi ji opposed the segregation of the depressed classes of the Hindu community into a separate electoral group.
- Gandhi Ji saw in it a sinister device of the British government to create a split in the Hindu community in furtherance of its policy of divide and rule.
- Earlier founded as All India Anti Untouchability League, the organization was later renamed as Harijan Sevak Sangh.
- Ghanshyam Das Birla was its founding president with Amritlal Takkar as its Secretary.
By-Amar Mani Upadhyay
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harijan_Sevak_Sangh