Greater Rajasthan was inaugurated at Jaipur on 30 March 1949 by
- A.Jawaharlal Nehru
- B.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
- C.Lord Mountbatten
- D.V. P. Menon
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. Greater Rajasthan, the fourth stage of the integration, brought Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner and Jaisalmer into the earlier United State of Rajasthan, and Sardar Patel inaugurated it at Jaipur on 30 March 1949. Because of that ceremony 30 March is observed as Rajasthan Day. Sawai Man Singh II of Jaipur became its Rajpramukh and Hiralal Shastri the first head of its government.
Option A, Jawaharlal Nehru, had inaugurated the earlier unions, the Rajasthan Union at Kota and the United State of Rajasthan at Udaipur in 1948, which is why his name is the strongest distractor here. Option C, Lord Mountbatten, had ceased to be Governor General by June 1948 and had no part in this merger. Option D, V. P. Menon, was the secretary of the States Department and the official who negotiated the mergers, but the inauguration was performed by his minister, Sardar Patel.
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Practice Questions
View allWhich of the following states was NOT a part of the Matsya Union formed on 18 March 1948?
- A.Alwar
- B.Bharatpur
- C.Dholpur
- D.Kota
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The Matsya Union, the first stage of the integration of Rajasthan, was formed on 18 March 1948 out of only four princely states of the eastern edge of Rajputana: Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur and Karauli.
Read the full explanation →Who founded the Marwar Praja Mandal in 1934?
- A.Manikya Lal Verma
- B.Jai Narayan Vyas
- C.Hiralal Shastri
- D.Gokul Bhai Bhatt
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The Marwar Praja Mandal was founded at Jodhpur in 1934 by Jai Narayan Vyas, who had already worked through the Marwar Hitkarini Sabha of the 1920s. He led its campaign for civil liberties and against the state tenancy law, was jailed repeatedly, and later became the Chief Minister of Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →Which leader of the Praja Mandal movement is known as the Gandhi of Rajasthan?
- A.Bhogilal Pandya
- B.Gokul Bhai Bhatt
- C.Pandit Nayanuram Sharma
- D.Haribhau Upadhyaya
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Gokul Bhai Bhatt founded the Sirohi Praja Mandal in 1939, lived the plain Gandhian life of khadi and constructive work, and is therefore called the Gandhi of Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →Who became the first head of government, then styled Prime Minister, of Greater Rajasthan in 1949?
- A.Manikya Lal Verma
- B.Gokul Lal Asawa
- C.Hiralal Shastri
- D.Mohan Lal Sukhadia
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Hiralal Shastri, a leader of the Jaipur Praja Mandal who had led its satyagraha in 1939, took charge as the first Prime Minister of Greater Rajasthan in 1949, the office that later came to be called Chief Minister.
Read the full explanation →The capital of the Rajasthan Union formed on 25 March 1948 was
- A.Udaipur
- B.Kota
- C.Jaipur
- D.Alwar
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The Rajasthan Union of 25 March 1948, the second stage, joined nine states of the south and east: Banswara, Bundi, Dungarpur, Jhalawar, Kishangarh, Kota, Pratapgarh, Shahpura and Tonk.
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