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The 'Navjivan Trust' was established by Mahatma Gandhi to manage publications like 'Navjivan' and 'Young India' with the primary objective of:
A. Promoting commercial publishing ventures across British India
B. Spreading nationalist education and moral upliftment without commercial profit✓ Correct Answer
C. Raising international funds for the Indian National Congress
D. Providing financial pensions to retired freedom fighters
💡 Solution & Explanation
Mahatma Gandhi established the Navjivan Trust to manage and publish periodicals like Navjivan and Young India with the explicit purpose of disseminating nationalist ideals, promoting social reform, and fostering moral upliftment without commercial exploitation or advertisements. By refusing commercial profits, the publications maintained absolute editorial freedom to criticize repressive colonial policies.
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