RAS question
Matangini Hazra was martyred during which movement?
Correct answer: (C) Quit India Movement (1942).
Matangini Hazra was martyred during the Quit India Movement in 1942 while leading a procession at Tamluk in Midnapore.
Explanation
Matangini Hazra belongs to the Quit India phase of the freedom struggle, not to the earlier Gandhian mass movements. Her martyrdom took place in September 1942 at Tamluk, Midnapore, where the 73-year-old led a procession carrying the Indian flag and kept it raised even after being shot. MyGov Blogs records the same core fact: she was actively involved in the Quit India Movement and led a procession of revolutionaries to seize Tamluk Police Station in West Bengal on September 29, 1942, when police firing fatally injured her. That timing and setting make Quit India Movement (1942) the only fitting answer.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) The Non-Cooperation Movement belongs to 1920-22, whereas Hazra's martyrdom took place in September 1942 at Tamluk.
- (B) The Swadeshi Movement was centred on 1905-08, decades before the 1942 procession in which Hazra was fatally shot.
- (D) The Civil Disobedience Movement falls in 1930-34, but Hazra's death is tied to the Quit India mobilisation of September 1942.
Concept
This tests the chronology of mass movements in modern Indian history and the association of named freedom fighters with specific phases. RAS often asks such questions because one date or movement tag separates plausible-sounding options.