Who authored the book “Poverty and the Unbritish Rule in India”?
(A) Amartya Kurnar Sen
(B) Ramesh Chandra Dutt
(C) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(D) Dadabhai Naoroji
Correct Answer : Dadabhai Naoroji
Question Asked : UPPCS (Mains) 2004
Dadabhai Naoroji with W.C. Bannerji established “London India Society” in 1865 whose main purpose was to expose Indian plight. He was the first Indian who was elected to British House of Commons on the ticket of Libera1 Party. He directly highlighted Indian economic predicaments and propounded “Wealth Drain Theory” firstly in his brief essay “Poverty and Unbritish Rule in India”.
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