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When Mahatma Gandhi was arrested who among the following took over the leadership of Salt Satyagraha ?
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- Vinoba Bhave
- Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel
- Abbas Tyabji
- Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad
Correct Option: C
Abbas Tyabji was an Indian freedom fighter from Gujarat, who once served as the Chief Justice of the (Baroda) Gujarat High Court. Mahatma Gandhi ap- pointed Tyabji, at age seventy-six, to replace him as leader of the Salt Satyagraha in May 1930 after Gandhi’s arrest. Tyabji was arrested soon afterward and imprisoned by the British Indian Government. Gandhi and others respectfully called Tyabji the “Grand Old Man of Gujarat”