Question

Who among the following had authored the book ‘A Nation in Making’?
1. Madan Mohan Malviya
2. Surendranath Banerjee
3. Pherozeshah Mehta
4. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Surendranath Banerjee

The Correct Answer is Surendranath Banerjee.

• Surendranath Banerjee had authored the book ‘A Nation in Making’.
• The life of the founder of the Indian National Association and the two-time president of the Indian National Congress is on the pages of this novel.
• The vision inspired his landmark appeals, including one to the British to amend Bengal's 1905 partition, reinstate habeas corpus, and give India a Canadian-based Constitution.
• One of the pioneers of modern India and a proponent of autonomy within the British Commonwealth was Sir Surendranath Banerjea (1848–1925). Until 1874, before becoming an instructor, he worked as an Indian Civil Service officer.
• He founded a nationalist organization named the Indian National Association, through which he, along with Anandamohan Bose, led two sessions of the Indian National Conference in 1883 and 1885.
• Later on, Banerjee became a senior member of the National Indian Congress.