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?

The correct answer is 1 and 3 only.

• British Indian Association:
  • It was founded in October 1851, at Calcutta.
  • Raja Radha Kanta dev was the first president of the British Indian Association while Debendranath Tagore was its Secretary.
• Madras Mahajana Sabha:
  • It was founded in May 1884.
  • It was established by M. Veeraraghavachariar, S. Ramaswami Mudaliar, and P. Anandacharlu. 
• Indian Association:
  • It was founded by Surendranath Banerjee and Ananda Mohan Bose in 1876. 
  • Indian Association was the first avowed nationalist organization founded in British India.
  • The objectives of this Association were “promoting by every legitimate means the political, intellectual and material advancement of the people”.