Gandhiji's first major public appearance in India happened in which one of the following cities ?

Mahatma Gandhi returned to India from South Africa in January 1915. On the advice of his mentor, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, he spent his first year traveling the country to understand the Indian masses. His first major public appearance took place in February 1916 at the opening ceremony of the Banaras Hindu University (BHU).

During this event, Gandhi delivered a landmark speech where he expressed concern that the Indian nationalist movement was dominated by the elite and lacked the participation of the poor peasants and workers. He famously stated that there was "no salvation for India unless you strip yourselves of this jewellery and hold it in trust for your countrymen." This event preceded his first active political intervention, the Champaran Satyagraha, which occurred in 1917.