Who among the following were the founders of the "Hind Mazdoor Sabha" established in 1948 ?
A
Krishna Pillai, E.M.S. Namboodiripad and K.C. George
B
Jayaprakash Narayan, Deen Dayal Upadhyay and M.N. Roy
C
P. Ramaswamy Iyer, K. Kamaraj and Veeresalingam Pantulu
D
Ashok Mehta, T.S. Ramanujam and G.G. Mehta
Correct Answer
Explanation
Option (d) is correct because the Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS) was founded in 1948 by socialist leaders including Ashok Mehta, T.S. Ramanujam, and G.G. Mehta to create a labor organization independent of both the government-aligned INTUC and the Communist-led AITUC. Option (b) is a common distractor as it includes Jayaprakash Narayan, a key socialist figure of the time, but incorrectly pairs
Modern Indian HistoryPost-Independence Labour Movements & OrganizationsHind Mazdoor Sabha1948Ashok MehtaT.S. RamanujamG.G. MehtaLabour organizationsSocialist movement