UPSC Prelims 2017·GS1·history·modern history

Consider the following pairs: 1. Radhakanta Deb - First President of the British Indian Association 2. Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty - Founder of the Madras Mahajana Sabha 3. Surendranath Banerjee - Founder of the Indian Association Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

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  1. A1 only
  2. B1 and 3 onlyCorrect
  3. C2 and 3 only
  4. D1, 2 and 3

Explanation

Statement 1 is correct. Radhakanta Deb was the first president of the British Indian Association, which was founded in Kolkata in 1851. Statement 2 is incorrect. Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty was a prominent figure in Madras and was instrumental in the formation of the Madras Native Association (founded 1852). However, the Madras Mahajana Sabha was founded much later, in 1884, by M. Veeraraghavachariar, G. Subramania Iyer, and P. Ananda Charlu. Statement 3 is correct. Surendranath Banerjee, along with Anandamohan Bose, founded the Indian Association of Calcutta in 1876.
history: Consider the following pairs: 1. Radhakanta Deb - First President of the British Indian Association 2. Gazulu Lakshminar

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