Who was instrumental in persuading Gandhi to return to India from South Africa?

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  1. F. W. Bakur
  2. Spencer Walton
  3. William Godfrey
  4. C. F. Andrews

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Option 4 : C. F. Andrews
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The correct answer is C. F. Andrews.

  • Andrews was instrumental in persuading Gandhi to return to India with him in 1915.
  • Charles Freer Andrews was an Anglican priest and Christian missionary, educator and social reformer, and activist for Indian Independence.
  • He became a close friend of Rabindranath Tagore and Mahatma Gandhi and identified with the Indian liberation struggle.

Additional Information

About Mahatma Gandhi:

  • Birth Place - Porbandar.
  • President of INC - Bengaun, 1924.
  • Political Guru - Gopal Krishna Gokhle.
  • 1st-time Satyagrah - South Africa in 1906.
  • Rabindra Nath Tagore gave the title of Mahatma to Gandhi and the father of the Nation was given by Subash Chandra Bose. 

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