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The Royal Indian Navy Mutiny (RIN Mutiny) occurred in:

Correct answer: (B) 1946.

The Royal Indian Navy Mutiny occurred on 18 February 1946 in Bombay, making 1946 the correct year.

  1. (A)

    1947

  2. (B)

    1946

  3. (C)

    1945

  4. (D)

    1944

Explanation

The Royal Indian Navy Mutiny belongs to the final phase of India’s freedom struggle and is dated to 18 February 1946 in Bombay. Royal Indian Navy ratings, or sailors, went on strike in Bombay over poor food, racial discrimination and wider nationalist sentiment. The 18 February 1946 Bombay strike places the event in 1946 rather than the independence year or the closing year of the Second World War. The movement became a major episode of late-colonial military unrest during the final phase of India’s freedom struggle.

Why the other options are wrong

  • (A) 1947 is wrong because it marks the year of India’s independence, while the RIN Mutiny had already occurred on 18 February 1946.
  • (C) 1945 is wrong because it is associated with the end of the Second World War, not the RIN Mutiny dated to February 1946.
  • (D) 1944 is wrong because the Bombay strike by Royal Indian Navy ratings began on 18 February 1946.

Concept

Chronology in modern Indian history includes late-colonial military unrest linked with nationalist sentiment. In the 1940s, single years separated wartime developments, mass protest and independence-era milestones.

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