Which of the following associations preceded the formation of Indian National Congress?
1.Zamindari Association
2.British Indian Association
3.All India Muslim League
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Explanation:
The new political thrust in the years between 1875 and 1885 was the creation of the younger, more radical nationalist intellectuals most of whom entered politics during this period. They established new associations for their programmes and political activities as well as social bases.
- 1836 -Bangabhasha Prakasika Sabha.
- 1838- Zamindari Association or Landholders' Society in Calcutta. The promotion of landholders' interests through petitions to government and discreet persuasion of the bureaucracy was its professed object
- 1843-Bengal British India Society.
- In 1873-74, the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha, led by Justice Ranade, organized a successful campaign among the peasants, as well as at Poona and Bombay against the land revenue settlement of 1867.
- The British Indian Association of Bengal was established in 1851.
- The younger nationalists of Bengal, led by Surendranath Banerjea and Anand Mohan Bose, founded The Indian Association in 1876.
- Younger men of Madras-M. Viraraghavachariar, G. Subramaniya Iyer, P. Ananda Charlu and others-formed the Madras Mahajan Sabha in 1884.
- In Bombay, the more militant intellectuals like K.T. Telang and Pherozeshah Mehta broke away from older leaders like Dadabhai Naoroji and Dinshaw Petit on political grounds and formed the Bombay Presidency Association in 1885.
- 1883-India National Conference-Surendranath Banerjee
- All India Muslim Leaguewas formed in 1906 at Dacca.