INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MODERN INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who among the following 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?
A
Surendranath Banerjee
B
Pheroze Shah Mehta
C
Mahadev Gobind Ranade
D
Dadabhai Naoroji
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Allan Octavian Hume, CB ICS (4 June 1829 – 31 July 1912) was a British political reformer, ornithologist, civil servant and botanist who worked in British India. He supported the idea of self-governance by Indians and founded the Indian National Congress.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Retired British Indian Civil Service (ICS) officer Allan Octavian Hume founded the Indian National Congress in order to form a platform for civil and political dialogue among educated Indians. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, control of India was transferred from the East India Company to the British Empire.

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