Question

Who was elected as the President of Madras Mahajan Sabha in 1885?
A. B. Subramaniya Aiyer
B. M. Veeraraghavachary
C. Rangaiah Naidu
D. Ananda Charlu

Answer 1

Hint: The Madras Mahajan Sabha was an Indian nationalist organisation based in the Madras presidency. Along with the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha, Bombay Presidency Association and the Indian Association, it is considered to be a predecessor of the Indian National Congress.

Stepwise Solution
The Sabha voiced out the fundamental rights of our countrymen. In 1930, the Sabha organized the salt Satyagraha movement on April 22nd in Madras George town, Esplanade, the high court and the beach areas. The members were attacked savagely by the British Police. As the Sabha insisted on a legal enquiry about the injustice one towards the participants of the Satyagraha, a three men commission under the leadership of Justice T.R. Rama Chandra Iyer has enquired thirty people and submitted its report to the Government. P. Rangaiah Naidu was elected first President of the Sabha. When the British Government banned the Congress party, Madras Mahajan Sabha conducted numerous exhibitions to instigate the patriotic feelings in the hearts of our countrymen as well as all India Khadi Exhibition and Swadeshi Exhibition. The first organisation in the Madras Presidency to agitate for the rights of people was the Madras Native. It had developed a very close relationship with the Indian National Congress since 1920 onwards.

So, the correct option is the option Rangaiah Naidu.

Note: The father of our nation Mahatma Gandhi had delivered a speech at the meeting of Mahajan Sabha on October 24th 1896.Pandit Jawahar Nehru also had participated in the golden jubilee celebrations of the Sabha.