The correct answer is (a).
Abul Kalam Azad was the first Education Minister of India and a prominent leader of the Indian independence movement. He was a staunch opponent of the partition of India and believed that it was a British ploy to divide and rule. He said, “The British Government is not responsible for the partition of India. It is the result of the communal hatred that has been deliberately fostered by the British for their own selfish ends.”
Lord Attlee was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951. He was the one who announced the British decision to withdraw from India in 1947. He said that the British Government was not responsible for the partition of India and that it was a decision that had been made by the Indian people themselves.
Lord Mountbatten was the last Viceroy of India. He was the one who oversaw the partition of India in 1947. He said that he regretted the partition of India and that he believed that it was a tragedy.
Mahatma Gandhi was the leader of the Indian independence movement. He was a staunch opponent of the partition of India and believed that it would lead to violence and bloodshed. He said, “I would rather die than see India partitioned.”