Consider the following pairs:1. Radhakanta Deb-first President of the British Indian Association2. Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty-founder of the Madras Mahajan Sabha3. Surendranath Banerjee-Founder of the Indian AssociationWhich of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?
✓ Correct answer: b) 1 and 3 only
ExplanationPair 1 is correctly matched: Raja Radhakanta Deb was the first President of the British Indian Association while Debendranath Tagore was its secretary.The British Indian Association was one of the earliest political organizations in India, formed by merging the Landholders' Society and the Bengal British India Society.Pair 2 is incorrectly matched: Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty (1806–1868) was a merchant, social reformer, and political leader from Madras.However, he did not found the Madras Mahajan Sabha.The Madras Mahajan Sabha (1884) was founded by M. Veeraraghavachari ,P.Rangaiah Naidu,G.Subramania Iyer and others.Pair 3 is correctly matched: Surendranath Banerjee (1848– 1925) was a nationalist leader and one of the early political activists in India.He founded the Indian Association in 1876 in Calcutta.The Indian Association played a crucial role in mobilizing Indians against British policies and was a precursor to the Indian National Congress.251
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