Consider the following statements regarding the Mahagujarat Movement:
- Following the success of the Navnirman Movement, its leaders decided to initiate the Mahagujarat Movement.
- During the police firing in the movement, a sparrow was killed and a monument in its memory known as the 'Chakli Smarak' has been erected in Ahmedabad.
- The movement successfully culminated in the formation of the separate linguistic state of Gujarat on 1 May, 1960.
Which of the above statement/s is/are correct?
Correct answer: B
Explanation
The Mahagujarat Movement ran from 1956 and won the separate Gujarati-speaking state on 1 May 1960, so statement 3 is correct. Statement 1 reverses the timeline; the Navnirman agitation came much later (1974), so the Mahagujarat leaders couldn't have acted on its success. The 'Chakli Smarak' sparrow story in statement 2 is not part of the movement's history, which is remembered through the Shaheed Smarak for students killed in police firing.