Question

The Satyagraha movement launched by Hyderabad state congress on 7th August 1947 was mainly ______.
A) Against Nizam’s no democracy rule
B) To expel British from state
C) To attain Indian independence
D) None of these

Answer 1

Hint: Along with the Quit India movement led by the Indian National Congress, the leaders of the Hyderabad Congress initiated a nonviolent campaign of civil disobedience, or satyagraha, for civil rights and representative democracy in 1942. The issue of Hyderabad was widely addressed in British India's newspapers and publications. The Indian National Congress, on the other hand, did not endorse the state congress's Satyagraha.

Complete answer:
Satyagraha, according to Gandhi, was to eliminate evil or reform the opponent. The individual must be weaned away from the influence of wealth, pleasures, and power in the current socio-economic-political system. In the princely state of Hyderabad, the Hyderabad State Congress was a political party. Swami Ramanand Tirtha was the primary founder of the party. It began the Satyagraha movement on August 7, 1947.

People should be granted fundamental rights, according to the State Congress. They demanded that the circulars restricting freedom of expression, association, the press, religious processions, and other rights be promptly revoked. They also requested that the state's laws be written by elected officials rather than the Nizam. The fundamental motivation for establishing Satyagraha was to oppose Nizam's rule, which was characterised by a lack of democracy.

Therefore the correct answer is option ‘A’.

Note: The Nizam of Hyderabad was the third Indian king to refuse to join India before August 15th. Instead, he declared independence and, with Pakistan's help, began to build up his armed forces. On August 7, 1947, the Hyderabad State Congress launched a formidable Satyagraha movement against the Nizam of Hyderabad in order to force democratisation. Almost 20,000 satyagrahis were imprisoned.