Consider the following pairs : 1. Radhakanta Deb — First Preside

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 ?

1 only
1 and 3 only
2 and 3 only
1, 2 and 3
This question was previously asked in
UPSC IAS – 2017
Pairs 1 and 3 are correctly matched, while pair 2 is incorrectly matched.
– Pair 1: Radhakanta Deb was the first President of the British Indian Association, which was formed in 1851 by the merger of the Landholders’ Society and the British India Society. This is correctly matched.
– Pair 2: Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty founded the Madras Native Association in 1849. The Madras Mahajana Sabha was founded later in 1884 by M. Veeraraghavachariar, G. Subramania Iyer, and P. Anandacharlu. This is incorrectly matched.
– Pair 3: Surendranath Banerjee, along with Anand Mohan Bose, founded the Indian Association in 1876 in Calcutta. This is correctly matched.
These associations were important early political organizations that played a role in articulating Indian grievances and demands against British rule.
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