HISTORY
MODERN INDIA
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Question
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The first Indian to contest an election to the British House of Commons was
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Dadabhai Naoroji
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Womesh Chandra Bannerjee
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Surendranath Banerjee
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Pheroze Shah Mehta
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha.
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: -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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