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WBCS Preliminary Examination 2023 — General Studies · Question 126 of 200

Q126
Indian National MovementRise of Nationalism & the Congress
The British Committee of the Indian National Congress was started in 1889 under the chairmanship of
  1. a.Dadabhai Naoroji
  2. b.A. O. Hume
  3. c.W. Digby
  4. d.W. Wedderburn

Answer: (D) W. Wedderburn

The British Committee of the Indian National Congress was set up in London in 1889 to put India's case before the British public and Parliament; Sir William Wedderburn was its chairman and William Digby its secretary, with Dadabhai Naoroji among the members. It published the journal "India" from 1890. Wedderburn was also Congress President twice (Bombay 1889 and Allahabad 1910) and wrote Hume's biography. A. O. Hume founded the Congress and was its general secretary for many years; Naoroji had earlier founded the East India Association in London (1866).

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