Q176
Indian National MovementQuit India, INA & Towards Independence
Parallel governments during the 1942 Movement were formed in
- a.Ballia
- b.Satara
- c.Talcher
- d.All of the above
Answer: (D) All of the above
During the Quit India Movement British authority collapsed in several areas and parallel governments were set up: at Ballia in eastern Uttar Pradesh under Chittu Pandey (August 1942, lasting about a week); at Satara in Maharashtra, the 'Prati Sarkar' of Nana Patil and Y.B. Chavan, the longest-lived (1943 to 1945-46); and at Talcher in Odisha. All three options are correct, so the answer is D. The most important example for West Bengal is not listed: the Tamralipta Jatiya Sarkar at Tamluk, Medinipur (December 1942 to September 1944), led by Satish Chandra Samanta with Ajoy Mukherjee and Sushil Dhara; Matangini Hazra was shot there on 29 September 1942 while leading a procession.