2020 · Q15
With whom did Subhas Chandra Bose form an alliance to destroy the Holwell Monument in Calcutta during 1939-40?
General KnowledgeHistory of India
- AThe Communist Party of India
- BThe Muslim League
- CThe Hindu Mahasabha
- DThe Unionist Party
Explanation
In 1939-40 Subhas Chandra Bose campaigned for the removal of the Holwell Monument in Calcutta, which commemorated the Black Hole episode. He allied with the Muslim League — then sharing power in Bengal under Fazlul Huq — to press the demand, and the monument was eventually removed in 1940. The alliance was with the Muslim League.