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Consider the following pairs:
Movement / Organization : Leader
1. All India Anti-Untouchability League : Mahatma Gandhi
2. All India Kisan Sabha : Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
3. Self-Respect Movement : E.V. Ramaswami Naicker

Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched?

Correct Answer D. 1, 2 and 3

Explanation

– Pair 1 is correctly matched: In September 1932, following the Poona Pact, Mahatma Gandhi founded the All India Anti-Untouchability League to eradicate untouchability and promote social welfare for the depressed classes (later renamed the Harijan Sevak Sangh).
– Pair 2 is correctly matched: In April 1936, the All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) was established at Lucknow with Swami Sahajanand Saraswati elected as its inaugural President and N.G. Ranga as General Secretary to coordinate peasant grievances.
– Pair 3 is correctly matched: In 1925, E.V. Ramaswami Naicker (Periyar) launched the Self-Respect Movement in the Madras Presidency to champion non-Brahmin rights, eradicate caste disabilities, and advocate for gender equality and rationalism.

Thus, all three pairs are correctly matched — Option D.

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