GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

INDIAN HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was the first Indian to be elected to the British Parliament?
A
Dadabhai Naoroji
B
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
C
Bipin Chandra Pal
D
Lala Lajpat Rai
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Naoroji moved to Britain once again and continued his political involvement. Elected for the Liberal Party in Finsbury Central at the 1892 general election, he was the first British Indian MP. He refused to take the oath on the Bible, as he was Zoroastrian.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first Western educated Indian to travel to Europe and live in Britain was I’tisam-ud-Din, a Bengali Muslim cleric, munshi and diplomat to the Mughal Empire who arrived in 1765 with his servant Muhammad Muqim during the reign of King George III.

Detailed explanation-3: -W.C. Bonnerjee was the first President of the Congress and the first Indian to contest election to the British House of Commons.

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