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

The cook from Bihar who saved Mahatma Gandhi’s life from a murder attempt by food poisoning in 1917 was

aMuzaffar Ahmad
bBatak Miyan✓ Correct
cMir Bakawal
dNone of them

Explanation

During the Champaran Satyagraha, the indigo plantation manager W.S. Irwin invited Gandhiji to dinner. He instructed his cook Batak Miyan to serve poisoned milk to Gandhiji, but Batak Miyan did not follow the order and informed Gandhiji about the truth of the poisoned milk. Dr. Rajendra Prasad was a witness to this incident.

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