alleryWhich leader undertook fasts in Calcutta and Delhi to calm communal violence in 1947?
AJawaharlal Nehru
BMahatma Gandhi
CSardar Patel
DMaulana Azad
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Mahatma Gandhi
1. Mahatma Gandhi undertook a fast-unto-death in Calcutta and later in Delhi.
2. The aim was to calm people and emphasise peace.
3. Nehru and Patel worked on governance and relief, not these fasts.
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