Who described the Government of India Act, 1935 as a new charter of bondage ?

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Who described the Government of India Act, 1935 as a new charter of bondage ?

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Option 1: Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi did not describe the Government of India Act, 1935 as a new charter of bondage. Gandhi was critical of the Act but did not use the specific phrase "new charter of bondage" to describe it.

Option 2: Rajendra Prasad. Rajendra Prasad did not describe the Government of India Act, 1935 as a new charter of bondage. Prasad was a prominent Indian political leader, but there is no record of him using this particular phrase to describe the Act.

Option 3: Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. The correct answer. Jawaharlal Nehru, India`s first Prime Minister, used the phrase "new charter of bondage" to describe the Government of India Act, 1935. He argued that it did not grant true independence or democratic powers to the Indian people.

Option 4: B.R. Ambedkar. B.R. Ambedkar, the chief architect of the Indian Constitution, did not describe the Government of India Act, 1935 as a new charter of bondage.

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