The correct answer is (b), Badri Datt Pande.
Badri Datt Pande was a freedom fighter and politician from Kumaon, India. He was known as the “Chanakya of Kumaun” for his political acumen and his role in the Indian independence movement.
Pande was born in 1886 in the village of Khirsu in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand. He was educated at the Government High School in Almora and the Muir Central College in Allahabad. After graduating from college, he joined the Indian National Congress and became involved in the independence movement.
Pande was arrested several times for his political activities and spent several years in jail. He was also a member of the Constituent Assembly of India, which drafted the Indian Constitution.
Pande died in 1961 at the age of 75. He is remembered as one of the most important figures in the history of Kumaon and as a pioneer of the Indian independence movement.
The other options are incorrect.
(a) K.C. Pant was a politician from Uttarakhand who served as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand from 2002 to 2007. He is not known as the “Chanakya of Kumaun”.
(c) Harshdev Joshi is a politician from Uttarakhand who is the current Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. He is not known as the “Chanakya of Kumaun”.
(d) None of these is the correct answer.