The most important of the pre-Congress Nationalist Organisation was the

(A) Bengal British India Society
(B) East India Association
(C) Young Bengal Association
(D) Indian Association of Calcutta

Correct Answer : Indian Association of Calcutta
Question Asked : 48th to 52nd BPSC (Pre) 2008
The Indian Association was founded by Surendranath Banerjee with the cooperation of Anand Mohan Bose in Calcutta, on 26 July 1876. This was the most significant political association among all contemporaries nationalist organisations prior to Indian National Congress. This Association opposed Elbert bill on the dispute as lowering the age limit for civil service examination. Indian Association had preferred middle class than landlords.
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