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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2022 — General Studies · Question 57 of 200

Q57
Indian National MovementPress, Literature & Cultural Institutions
Who wrote the book 'Hind Swaraj'?
  1. a.Jawaharlal Nehru
  2. b.Lal Bahadur Shastri
  3. c.Mahatma Gandhi
  4. d.Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Answer: (C) Mahatma Gandhi

'Hind Swaraj' (Indian Home Rule) was written by Mahatma Gandhi in 1909, originally in Gujarati, during his voyage from London to South Africa. It articulates Gandhi's philosophy of non-violent resistance and critiques modern industrial civilisation as destructive to Indian culture. The British government banned it in India in 1910.