Question

Q. With reference to Indian Freedom Struggle, consider the following organization:

1. Landholders Society.
2. Bengal British Indian Society.
3. The Indian Association
4. The Madras Mahajan Sabha

The correct chronological sequence of the establishment of these organizations is?

• A.
  1, 3, 2, 4
• B.
  1, 2, 3, 4
• C.
  2, 1, 3, 4
• D.
  2, 1, 4, 3

Answer 1

The correct option is B

1, 2, 3, 4
Explanation:

• The earliest public association in modern India was the Landholders Society, an association of the landlords of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa, founded in 1837 with the purpose of promoting the class interests of the landlords.
• In 1843, he organized the Bengal British Indian Society to protect and promote general public interests.
• The most important of the pre-Congress nationalist organizations was the Indian Association of Calcutta. The younger nationalists of Bengal had been gradually getting discontented with the conservative and pro landlord policies of the British India Association. Led by Surendranath and Anandamohan Bose, the younger nationalists of Bengal founded the Indian Association in July 1876.
• The Madras Mahajan Sabha was started in 1881.