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Q18
(IAS/2009)
History & Culture › National Movement (1857–1947) › Gandhian mass movements
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During the freedom struggle, Aruna Asaf Ali was a major woman organizer of underground activity in
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Aruna Asaf Ali is widely identified as a key woman organiser of underground activity during the Quit India Movement (1942). Contemporary histories list her among the leaders who took to clandestine and subversive work in support of the Quit India call, naming her with other underground activists and noting their contribution to sustaining the movement after mass arrests [2]. Biographical sources record her dramatic public role — hoisting the Indian flag at Gowalia Tank Maidan — and state that she continued covert operations when a warrant was issued for her arrest, underscoring her leadership in the underground phase of the Quit India struggle [3]. These consistent references confirm option 3 as correct.
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- [1] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 39: After Nehru... > Quit India Movement > p. 814
- [2] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 23: Quit India Movement, Demand for Pakistan, and the INA > Underground Activity > p. 450
- [3] https://www.britannica.com/biography/Aruna-Asaf-Ali
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