Q. Consider the following statements about Madam Bhikaji Cama:
I. Madam Cama unfurled the National Flag at the International Socialist Conference in Paris in the year 1907.
II. Madam Cama served as private secretary to Dadabhai Naroji.
III. Madam Cama was born to Parsi parents.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer:
II and III only
Notes: • Design of the "Flag of Indian Independence" was raised by Bhikhaiji Cama on 22 August 1907, at the International Socialist Conference in Stuttgart, Germany. Based on the Calcutta Flag, the green, yellow and red fields represent Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism respectively.
• She met Dadabhai Naoroji, then president of the British Committee of the Indian National Congress, and for whom she came to work as private secretary. Together with Naoroji and Singh Rewabhai Rana, Cama supported the founding of Varma's Indian Home Rule Society in February 1905.
• Madam Cama was born on September 24, 1861, in Bombay (now Mumbai) into the affluent Gujarati Parsi family of Sorabji Framji Patel and Jaijibai Sorabji Patel. Her father was a merchant and a prominent member of the Parsi community. Her parents were a well-known couple in the city.