- Radhakanta Deb — First President of the British Indian Association
- Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty — Founder of the Madras Mahajana Sabha
- Surendranath Banerjee — Founder of the Indian Association
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
(a) 1 only
(b) 1 and 3 only
(c) 2 and 3 only
(d) 1, 2 and 3
- Answer: (b)
Pair 1 is correctly matched: British Indian Association was created after consolidating the “Landholders Society” and “British India Society” on 31 October 1851. It was the first political organisation to bring the Indians together. The President of the first committee of this organisation was Raja Radhakanta Deb, while Debendranath Tagore was its secretary. The newspaper of this society was “Hindu patriot”, which adopted a strongly critical political tone. Pair 2 is not correctly matched: The Madras Mahajana Sabha was established in May 1884 by M. Veeraraghavachariar, G. Subramania Iyer, and P. Ananda Charlu
Pair 3 is correctly matched: Indian National Association was the first declared Nationalist Organisation founded in British India by Surendranath Banerjee and Anand Mohan Bose in 1876. It was originally established as Bharat Sabha and held its first annual conference in Calcutta. It merged with the Indian National Congress in 1885. It sought to bring Hindus and Muslims together for political action.
