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UPSC 2009: In the ‘Individual Satyagraha’, Vinoba Bhave was chosen as the first Satyagrahi. Who was the second?
(a)Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(b)Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
(c)C. Rajagopalachari
(d)Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
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Gandhi selected Acharya Vinoba Bhave as the first individual satyagrahi in October 1940 and named Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru as the second to court arrest for the same cause. Other leaders such as Rajendra Prasad or C. Rajagopalachari were not chosen next. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Offer?utm_source=openai))
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