Who of the following had written, “India’s salvation will not be achieved under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi”?

M.A. Jinnah
Clement Richard Attlee
Winston Churchill
Subhash Chandra Bose

The correct answer is (c), Winston Churchill.

M.A. Jinnah was the founder of Pakistan. He was a lawyer and politician who led the All-India Muslim League to the demand for a separate Muslim state. He was a strong critic of Gandhi’s non-violent methods and believed that India could only be united under a Muslim-majority state.

Clement Richard Attlee was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951. He was a Labour Party politician who oversaw the end of British rule in India. He was a supporter of Gandhi and his methods of non-violence.

Subhash Chandra Bose was an Indian nationalist who was a leading figure in the Indian independence movement. He was a member of the Indian National Congress and was a close associate of Gandhi. However, he later broke with Gandhi and formed the Forward Bloc, which advocated for a more radical approach to Indian independence.

Winston Churchill was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. He was a Conservative Party politician who is best known for his leadership during World War II. He was a strong critic of Gandhi and his methods of non-violence. He once said that Gandhi was “a seditious Middle Temple lawyer, now posing as a fakir of a type well known in the East, striding half-naked up the steps of the Viceregal palace.”

In 1931, Churchill wrote in a letter to the British Secretary of State for India, Lord Irwin: “India’s salvation will not be achieved under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi.” This statement reflects Churchill’s belief that Gandhi’s methods of non-violence were ineffective and that India could only be united under British rule.