INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MODERN INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The first Indian to be elected as a member of the British House of Commons was
A
Dadabhai Naoroji
B
Surendra Nath Banerjee
C
Dr BR Ambedkar
D
C R Das
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 Indian National Congress (INC) won a landslide victory, winning 364 of the 489 seats and 45% of the total votes polled. This was over four times as many votes as the second-largest party. Jawaharlal Nehru became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the country.

Detailed explanation-3: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Satyendra Prasad Sinha. The Indian Councils Act 1909 allowed the Governor-General to nominate one Indian member to the Executive Council, leading to the election of the first Indian member, Satyendra Prasanna Sinha.

Detailed explanation-4: -Dadabhai Naoroji was a businessman and publicist settled in London. He was once a member of the British Parliament.

Detailed explanation-5: -Saklatvala is notable for being the first person of Indian heritage to become a British Member of Parliament (MP) for the UK Labour Party, and was also among the few members of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) to serve as an MP.

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