Answer» Correct Answer - Option 1 : Surendranath Banerjee
The Correct Answer is Surendranath Banerjee.
- Young Italy was a political movement for Italian youth (under age 40) founded in 1831 by Giuseppe Mazzini.
- Sir Surendranath Banerjee was one of the earliest Indian political leaders during British Rule.
- He founded a nationalist organization called the Indian National Association, through which he led two sessions of the Indian National Conference in 1883 and 1885, along with Anandamohan Bose.
- In 1814, he founded Atmiya Sabha in Calcutta to campaign against idolatry, caste rigidities, meaningless rituals and other social ills.
- He was influenced by the writings of Italian nationalist Giuseppe Mazzini.
- He studied the writings of Mazzini in his stay in England (1874-1875) on Anandmohan's suggestion.
- Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to receive the prestigious Nobel Prize in 1913.
- Swami Vivekananda was born Narendra Nath Datta, on 12th January 1863.
- He was a monk and chief disciple of Ramakrishna Paramhansa.
- He introduced Indian philosophies of Vedanta and Yoga to the Western world and is credited with raising interfaith awareness, bringing Hinduism to the world stage during the late 19th century.
- Raja Ram Mohan Roy was born on 22 May 1772 in an orthodox Brahman family at Radhanagar in Bengal.
- In 1814, he founded Atmiya Sabha in Calcutta to campaign against idolatry, caste rigidities, meaningless rituals and other social ills.
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