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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''British Indian Association''' was a political organization in the 19th century in India.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Narain|first=V. A.|date=1968|title=THE BRITISH INDIAN ASSOCIATION AND EDUCATION|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/44141501|journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|volume=30|pages=330–333|issn=2249-1937}}</ref> Its rival was the [[Indian National Association]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Indian Association {{!}} political organization, India|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Indian-Association|access-date=2021-08-10|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
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British Indian Association was established on 29 October 1851 in [[Kolkata]], [[India]] with [[Radhakanta Deb]] as its first President.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Mahmood|first=ABM|date=18 June 2021|title=British Indian Association, The|url=https://en.banglapedia.org/index.php/British_Indian_Association,_The|url-status=live|access-date=10 August 2021|website=[[Banglapedia]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=British Indian Association Archive|url=https://eap.bl.uk/collection/EAP922-1|access-date=2021-08-10|website=Endangered Archives Programme|language=en}}</ref> The first general secretary of the association was [[Debendranath Tagore]].<ref name=":0" /> The association was exclusively composed of Indians and it worked towards increasing the welfare of Indians.<ref name=":0" /> Its members included [[Kristo Das Pal]], [[Peary Chand Mitra]], and [[Ramgopal Ghosh]].<ref name=":0" /><br />
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The British Indian Association placed a number of demands before the British parliament that included education of Indians, removing monopoly of the East India Trading Company, suppoort for Indian manufacturers, and inclusion of Indians in the civil service.<ref name=":0" /> Their demands would later be adopted by the [[Indian National Congress]].The British Indian Association seized operations in 1954 when the Zamindari system was abolished in India.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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[[Category:1838 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Bengal Renaissance]]<br />
[[Category:1954 disestablishments in India]]</div>>Neils51