Who among the following women freedom fighter was not associated with 'Quit India Movement'?

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Correct — C, Shanti Ghosh. She belongs to an earlier, revolutionary phase of the freedom struggle: along with Suniti Choudhury she assassinated C. G. B. Stevens, the District Magistrate of Comilla (Bengal), on 14 December 1931 — more than a decade before Quit India. The other three are firmly linked to the Quit India Movement of 1942, so Shanti Ghosh is the one not associated with it.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) She WAS associated with Quit India — the elderly Gandhian was shot dead by police at Tamluk (Midnapore, Bengal) on 29 September 1942 while leading a procession, holding the national flag; so she is not the exception.  (b) She WAS associated with Quit India — the young Assamese activist was shot dead at Gohpur on 20 September 1942 while trying to hoist the national flag at a police station; not the exception.  (d) She WAS associated with Quit India — she hoisted the Congress flag at Gowalia Tank Maidan, Bombay in August 1942 and became the underground 'heroine' of the 1942 movement; not the exception.

Concept: The Quit India Movement (August 1942) saw several women take a leading, often martyred, role: Aruna Asaf Ali unfurled the flag at Gowalia Tank and ran the underground; Matangini Hazra and Kanaklata Barua were shot dead in 1942 flag processions. Shanti Ghosh, by contrast, was a Bengal revolutionary of the early 1930s who took part in the 1931 assassination of the Comilla District Magistrate — a different movement and a different decade.

State PCS 2023 Q69 — History PYQ with Answer

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