Political Organizations

• Bengal
• Banghabasha Prakasika Sabha - 1836
• First organized political association of India
• To promote Bengal language
• Formed by Prasanna Kr. Thakur, Kalinath Chowdhury, Dwarakanath Tagore
• Land Holders Society
• Formed in 1838 by Dwarakanath Tagore 
• aka Zamindari Association
• British India Society - William Adams - 1843
• British Indian Association
• Formed in 1851
• Raja Radhakant Deb - First President
• Debendranath Tagore - First Secretary
• East India Association 
• Formed in 1866 by Dadabhai Naoroji 
• Indian League 
• Formed in 1875 by Sisir Kumar Ghosh
• Sisir Kumar Ghosh - Founder of Amrita Bazar Patrika
• Indian National Association 
• Formed in 1876 by Anand Mohan Bose and Surendranath Banerjee 
• First avowed nationalist organization in British India
• A Nation in Making - book by Surendranath Banerjee (Rashtraguru)
• Deccan
• Bombay Association - Jagannath Shankarseth - 1852
• Poona Sarvajanik Sabha - MG Ranade and GV Joshi - 1870
• Bombay Presidency Association - Feroz Shah Mehta, KT Telang, Badruddin Tyabji
• South India
• Madras Native Association - 1852 - GL Chetty
• Madras Mahajan Sabha - 1884 - Vira Raghavachari, Subramaniya Iyer, Ananda Charlu
• Credited with the formation of The Hindu newspaper