Prelims 2017 · Modern History and the Freedom Struggle · Question 62
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?
Answer
1 and 3 only
1. Radhakanta Deb – First President of the British Indian Association: Correct. The British Indian Association was formed in 1851 in Bengal, and Raja Radhakanta Deb was its first President.
2. Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty – Founder of the Madras Mahajana Sabha: Incorrect. Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty was associated with the earlier Madras Native Association, not the Madras Mahajana Sabha; the Sabha was founded in 1884 by leaders like M. Viraraghavachari, G. Subramania Iyer and P. Ananda Charlu.
3. Surendranath Banerjee – Founder of the Indian Association: Correct. The Indian Association was founded in 1876 by Surendranath Banerjee along with Ananda Mohan Bose.
Hence, pairs 1 and 3 only are correctly matched.