RAS question
The 'Rajasthan Seva Sangh' was founded in 1919 at Wardha by:
Correct answer: (C) Vijay Singh Pathik.
Vijay Singh Pathik founded Rajasthan Seva Sangh at Wardha in 1919 to coordinate political activity across Rajasthan's princely states.
Explanation
Rajasthan Seva Sangh is linked to Vijay Singh Pathik because he founded it at Wardha in 1919 as a platform for political work across the princely states of Rajasthan. Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Ministry of Culture, Government of India supports the 1919 founding context and names Vijay Singh Pathik among those associated with establishing the Sangh. The organisation later shifted to Ajmer and became important in peasant movements. That connection matters because Pathik is remembered not merely as an individual activist but as an organiser who gave scattered political and agrarian protests a wider Rajputana platform.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) Hiralal Shastri is not the founder here; he is linked instead with Jaipur Praja Mandal, not Rajasthan Seva Sangh at Wardha.
- (B) Mahatma Gandhi supported the broader nationalist milieu, but he did not found Rajasthan Seva Sangh.
- (D) Arjun Lal Sethi influenced nationalist workers, but he founded different organisations, not Rajasthan Seva Sangh.
Concept
This tests the political awakening and peasant-movement strand of Rajasthan history. RAS repeats such questions because organisations like Rajasthan Seva Sangh connect leaders, places and agrarian mobilisation in princely Rajasthan.