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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Explanation
The correct answer is C, Hiralal Shastri. 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. His ministry had to weld together the administrations of Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Jaisalmer and the southern states into one government.
Option A, Manikya Lal Verma, was the Prime Minister of the United State of Rajasthan formed at Udaipur on 18 April 1948, one stage earlier. Option B, Gokul Lal Asawa, headed the Rajasthan Union formed at Kota on 25 March 1948, two stages earlier, so both of these men led unions that Greater Rajasthan absorbed. Option D, Mohan Lal Sukhadia, became Chief Minister only in 1954 and is remembered as the longest serving Chief Minister of the state, not as its first head of government.
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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 →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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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.
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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