Consider the following pairs : Movement/Organization Leader 1

Consider the following pairs :

Movement/Organization Leader
1. All India Anti-Untouchability League : Mahatma Gandhi
2. All India Kisan Sabha : Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
3. Self-Respect Movement : E. V. Ramaswami Naicker

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

1 only
1 and 2 only
2 and 3 only
1, 2 and 3
This question was previously asked in
UPSC IAS – 2019
All three pairs are correctly matched.
Pair 1 is correctly matched: Mahatma Gandhi founded the All India Anti-Untouchability League in 1932 to work for the eradication of untouchability. It was later renamed Harijan Sevak Sangh.
Pair 2 is correctly matched: Swami Sahajanand Saraswati was a prominent figure in the Indian peasant movement and founded the All India Kisan Sabha in 1936 as the apex body of peasant organizations in India.
Pair 3 is correctly matched: E. V. Ramaswami Naicker, also known as Periyar, founded the Self-Respect Movement in 1925 in Tamil Nadu. The movement aimed at achieving a society where backward castes have equal human rights and encouraging them to live with self-respect.
These movements represent different facets of social and political reform in India during the colonial period, addressing issues like caste discrimination, agrarian distress, and social equality.