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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2015 — General Studies · Question 72 of 200

Q72
Indian National MovementRise of Nationalism & the Congress
Who was the founder of the Indian Association?
  1. a.W.C. Banerjee
  2. b.Surendra Nath Banerjee
  3. c.Lala Lajpat Rai
  4. d.Dadabhai Naoraji

Answer: (B) Surendra Nath Banerjee

The Indian Association was founded in Bengal in 1876 by Surendranath Banerjee and Ananda Mohan Bose. It was India's first avowed nationalist organisation and was a forerunner of the Indian National Congress. W.C. Banerjee became the first President of the INC, but was not the Indian Association's founder.

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