Who among the following were the founders of the “Hind Mazdoor Sabha” established in 1948

1. Krislum Pillai, E.M.S. Namboodiripad and K.C. George
2. Jayaprakash Narayan, Deen Dayal Upadhyay and M.N. Roy
3. P. Ramaswamy Iyer, K. Kamaraj and VeeresalingamPantulu
4. Ashok Mehta, T.S. Ramanujam and G.G. Mehta

Explanation

Option (d) is correct

• The Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS) was founded in Calcutta during the trade union conference in December 1948 by socialists, Forward Bloc followers and independent unionists. The HMS Founding Conference elected R.S. Ruikar as the first President, Ashok Mehta as the General Secretary, and G.G. Mehta and V.S. Mathur as Secretaries. Ms Maniben Kara and T.S. Ramanujam were elected as Vice-Presidents. The members of the Working Committee included veteran leaders such as Jayaprakash Narayan, V.G. Dalvi, and Ms Aruna Asaf Ali.

Answer: (d) Ashok Mehta, T.S. Ramanujam and G.G. Mehta; Difficulty Level: Hard