Explanation:

East India Association • Dadabhai Naoroji started the East India Association in London in the year 1867. • The association's main target was to make the people of the UK aware of the conditions in India and to generate popular support among the British People for Indian Welfare. • This association is also known as the predecessor to the Indian National Congress. • In 1866, the Ethnological Society of London attempted to prove that Asians were inferior to the Europeans. The East India Association's work even targeted to challenge this notion. • This association had opened many branches in Bombay, Madras and Calcutta in 1869. Poona Sarvanajanik Sabha • This Sabha was started in 1870 by Mahadev Govind Ranade and his associates in Pune. • They aimed to be a combining link between the Government and the common people. • It even worked for the legitimate rights of the peasants. • Many prominent leaders of the Freedom struggle such as Lokmanya Tilak were also a member of this organisation. Madras Mahajan Sabha • It was established in 1884 in Madras by B. Subramaniya Aiyyar, P. Ananda-Charlu and M. Viraraghavachari. • The organisation aimed to take a moderate stance on opposing government policies in the beginning. Bombay Presidency Association • The association was established in 1885 by Pheroshah Mehta, Badruddin Tayabji and KT Telang. • It was made in opposition to the Ilbert Bill and Lytton's other reactionary policies.