INDIAN HISTORY

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was the biographer of A.O. Hume?
A
W. Wederbirn
B
Lord Dufferin
C
J. Charles
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Notes: Sir William Wedderburn, or W. Wederbirn was a Scottish civil servant in India and a politician. He wrote a biographical memoir of A. O. Hume who died in 1912.

Detailed explanation-2: -This is a critical rendition of the well-known memoir of Allan Octavian Hume, written by William Wedderburn, a close pro-India compatriot of Hume.

Detailed explanation-3: -Allan Octavian Hume, C. B.: Father of the Indian National Congress (1829 to 1912) Description: A brief memoir of A.O. Hume, the Father of the Indian National Congress, it details the time from his early years to his appointments in the INC and finally his retirement.

Detailed explanation-4: -Mahadev Gobind Ranade had been a high court judge, an economist, a social reformer, among the founders or the INC, besides being regarded by A O Hume as his political guru.

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