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Q. Which of the following leader given the term ‘insenate waste’ on the burning of the foreign clothes during the Non-Cooperation Movement?

A
Motilal Nehru
B
Lord Reading
C
Rabindra Nath Tagore
D
Mohammad Ali

Correct Answer

Rabindra Nath Tagore

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