Q50
Indian National MovementBritish Policy, Acts & Constitutional Reforms
The Indian National Congress represented the views of the microscopic minority in India. The contention was maintained by
- a.Lord Curzon
- b.Lord Elgin
- c.Lord Lansdowne
- d.Lord Dufferin
Answer: (D) Lord Dufferin
Viceroy Lord Dufferin famously dismissed the early Congress as representing only a "microscopic minority" of educated Indians, a characterisation nationalist leaders spent decades pushing back against as the movement broadened its social base.