Who contemptuously referred to Mahatma Gandhi as a halfnaked fakir?
A. Lord Wavell
B. Lord Irwin
C. Lord Willingdon
D. Winston Churchill
Answer: Option D
Solution(By Examveda Team)
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once called Mahatma Gandhi "a seditious Middle Temple lawyer, now posing as a fakir... striding half-naked up the steps of the Viceregal Palace."Related Questions on Modern Indian History
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