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Who was the author of the revolutionary work Poverty and Un-British Rule in India (1901)?

Dadabhai Naoroji ✓

R.C. Dutt

M.G. Ranade

Dinshaw Wacha

Dadabhai Naoroji's Poverty and Un-British Rule in India (1901) systematically presented his "Drain of Wealth" theory with statistical rigor, arguing British rule was economically draining India — a foundational text of early Indian economic nationalism.

The economic history monograph The Economic History of India (in 2 volumes) was authored by:

Romesh Chunder Dutt ✓

Dadabhai Naoroji

G.K. Gokhale

D.R. Gadgil

R.C. Dutt's two-volume Economic History of India built a detailed historical case, alongside Naoroji's work, for the economically damaging effects of British colonial policy — together these texts form the core of the early nationalist "economic critique" school.

The Strachey Commission (1878-80) report served as a primary source for the formulation of:

Famine Code and Famine Relief Management ✓

Indian Police Reforms

Currency and Exchange Policy

Railway Construction Guarantees

The Strachey Commission's 1878-80 report directly informed the creation of the Indian Famine Code, systematizing famine relief administration — a response to the severe and recurring famines of the 19th century, though its adequacy remained a matter of nationalist criticism.

The official report on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre commissioned by the British government was compiled by the:

Hunter Committee ✓

Butler Committee

Simon Commission

Whitley Commission

The Hunter Committee was the official British government inquiry into the Jallianwala Bagh massacre — its relatively lenient conclusions regarding General Dyer's conduct were widely criticized by Indian nationalists, prompting the Congress's own separate, non-official inquiry.

The non-official enquiry committee set up by the Indian National Congress to investigate the Jallianwala Bagh tragedy was headed by:

Madan Mohan Malaviya ✓

Motilal Nehru

Mahatma Gandhi

C.R. Das

Madan Mohan Malaviya headed the Congress's own non-official inquiry into Jallianwala Bagh, providing an alternative, more critical account to the official Hunter Committee report — a good example of the value of comparing official and non-official sources on the same event.

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