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History ch 9 - Last Phase of Struggle for Independence — History & Civics STD 8 — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 8History & CivicsHistory ch 9 - Last Phase of Struggle for Independence3 Marks
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Give detailed information about Underground Movement.
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Answer

  1. At the end of 1942, the young socialist leaders started the Underground Movement.
  2. S. M. Joshi, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia, Jayprakash Narayan were among the many leaders who led the movement.
  3. Aruna Asaf Ali, Usha Mehta, Sucheta Kriplani were the women leaders who led the movement.
  4. The activists disrupted transport and communication by breakdown of railway routes, cutting telephone lines, blowing up 8 bridges, etc.
  5. Hemu Kalani tried to destroy railway carrying British troops and supply, in Sindh province.
  6. Groups like Azad Dasta of Bhai Kotwal in Karjat and Lai Sena of General Awari in Nagpur made the government helpless and witless for months.
  7. Usha Mehta and Vitthal Zaveri started a secret transmission centre of Azad Radio in Mumbai.
  8. Many such centres operated at Kolkata, Delhi and Pune.
  9. Krantisinh Nana Patil formed parallel government in Satara.
  10. Parallel governments were formed in Midnapore in Bengal, Ballia and Azamgrah in Uttar Pradesh and Purnia in Bihar.
  11. Krantiagrani GD (Bapu Lad) established ‘Toofan sena’ at Kundal.

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