Question

Which of the following leader has given the term insensate waste on the burning of foreign clothes during the Non-Cooperation Movement?
A) Lord Reading
B) Motilal Nehru
C) Rabindra Nath Tagore
D) Mohammad Ali

Answer 1

Hint: The non-cooperation movement was a political campaign launched on September 4, 1920, by Mahatma Gandhi to persuade Indians to withdraw their cooperation from the British government in order to persuade the British to grant India self-government and full independence (Purna Swaraj).

Complete answer:
The non-cooperation movement was one of Gandhi's first large-scale satyagraha movements (civil disobedience). Gandhi planned the non-cooperation movement by convincing all Indians to withdraw their labor from any activity that "sustained the British government and also the Indian economy," including British industries and educational institutions. Protesters would use nonviolent means, or Ahinsa, to refuse to buy British goods, instead opting for
local handicrafts and picketing liquor stores.

Gandhi's non-cooperation movement called for the restoration of the Khilafat (Khilafat movement) in Turkey and the end of untouchability, in addition to promoting "self-reliance" by spinning khadi, buying Indian-made goods only, and boycotting British goods. This resulted in public meetings and strikes (hartals), which resulted in the first arrests of Nehru and his father, Motilal Nehru, on December 6, 1921.

Rabindranath Tagore was opposed to the movement and called the burning of foreign clothes an insensate waste. During the Non-Cooperation Movement, Rabindra Nath Tagore coined the phrase "insenate waste" to describe the burning of foreign clothes.

Thus, the answer is option ‘C’ i.e, Rabindranath Tagore.

Note: The non-cooperation movement aimed to undermine the colonial economic and power structure, forcing British authorities to take notice of the independence movement's demands. Gandhi's call for a nationwide protest against the Rowlatt Act was issued. His non-cooperation movement planning included persuading all Indians to withdraw their labor from any activity that "sustained the British government and also the economy in India," including British industries and educational institutions, in order to promote "self-reliance."