69th B.P.S.C. (Pre) 2023

Ambabai, a woman freedom fighter, belonged to which of the following states of India?

aKerala
bAndhra Pradesh
cKarnataka✓ Correct
dMadhya Pradesh

Explanation

Ambabai was born in 1889 in the then princely state of Mysore (now Karnataka) in an orthodox Brahmin family. She played an important role in the freedom movement in South India. She also led sit-in protests in Udupi against shops selling foreign clothes and liquor.

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