Consider the following pairs : Movement/ Organization

All India Anti-Untouchability League : Mahatma Gandhi

All India Kisan Sabha : Swami Sahajanand

Self-Respect Movement Leader : E. V. Ramaswami Naicker

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched? (UPSC Prelims 2019)

Question

The correct answer is [D] 1, 2 and 3. All three pairs correctly match the organization or movement with its primary founder or leader.

All India Anti-Untouchability League (Pair 1 – Correct): Following the Yerwada Pact (Poona Pact) in 1932, Mahatma Gandhi founded the All India Anti-Untouchability League to combat the practice of untouchability. It was later renamed the Harijan Sevak Sangh. He also started the weekly publication Harijan to propagate these social reforms.
All India Kisan Sabha (Pair 2 – Correct): Formed at the Lucknow session of the Indian National Congress in 1936, the AIKS was the first pan-India peasant organization. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was its first President, and N.G. Ranga was its General Secretary. The Sabha aimed to abolish the Zamindari system and reduce land revenue.
Self-Respect Movement (Pair 3 – Correct): Launched in 1925 in Tamil Nadu, this movement was led by E.V. Ramaswami Naicker (popularly known as Periyar). It was a radical social reform movement aimed at creating a society where backward castes had equal human rights, focusing on the rejection of Brahminical hegemony and the performance of \"Self-Respect marriages\" without priests.

Key Contextual Facts:

The Harijan Sevak Sangh (formerly the League) was headquartered in Delhi.
The AIKS played a crucial role in mobilizing the peasantry during the later stages of the freedom struggle.
The Self-Respect Movement eventually paved the way for the Dravidian political parties in South India.

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1, 2 and 3 The correct answer is [D] 1, 2 and 3. All three pairs correctly match the organization or movement with its primary founder or leader.

All India Anti-Untouchability League (Pair 1 – Correct): Following the Yerwada Pact (Poona Pact) in 1932, Mahatma Gandhi founded the All India Anti-Untouchability League to combat the practice of untouchability. It was later renamed the Harijan Sevak Sangh. He also started the weekly publication Harijan to propagate these social reforms.
All India Kisan Sabha (Pair 2 – Correct): Formed at the Lucknow session of the Indian National Congress in 1936, the AIKS was the first pan-India peasant organization. Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was its first President, and N.G. Ranga was its General Secretary. The Sabha aimed to abolish the Zamindari system and reduce land revenue.
Self-Respect Movement (Pair 3 – Correct): Launched in 1925 in Tamil Nadu, this movement was led by E.V. Ramaswami Naicker (popularly known as Periyar). It was a radical social reform movement aimed at creating a society where backward castes had equal human rights, focusing on the rejection of Brahminical hegemony and the performance of \"Self-Respect marriages\" without priests.

Key Contextual Facts:

The Harijan Sevak Sangh (formerly the League) was headquartered in Delhi.
The AIKS played a crucial role in mobilizing the peasantry during the later stages of the freedom struggle.
The Self-Respect Movement eventually paved the way for the Dravidian political parties in South India.

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