(a) All India Home Rule League
(b) Hindu Mahasabha
(c) South Indian Liberal Federation
(d) The Servants of India Society
Answer: (a)
Option (a) is correct: The year 1919 opened with two main political bodies in the field, viz., the All India Home Rule League established in 1916 mainly by Mrs. Besant and Tilak’s Indian Home Rule League started in 1917. The Home Rule League demanded self-government based on the Irish model. Tilak’s League with its stronghold in the Deccan. Mrs. Besant on the other hand had for some time been losing ground everywhere. All India Home Rule League which in October 1920 was renamed the “Swarajya Sabha” with the avowed object of securing complete Swaraj for India in accordance with the wishes of the people of India.
