Q. Identify the personality:
- He was dubbed Lion of Bombay.
- He was elected president of the INC in 1890.
- He co-founded Bombay Presidency Association.
- He founded Bombay Chronicle weekly newspaper.
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Answer:
Pheroz Shah Mehta
Notes:
- Pherozeshah Mehta was dubbed "Lion of Bombay." He was elected president of the Indian National Congress in 1890. He founded the Bombay Chronicle, an English weekly newspaper, in 1910.
- He co-founded the Bombay Presidency Association (1885) with Justice Telang and served as its Secretary.
- In 1904, he was knighted.
- The University of Bombay awarded him the honorary degree of Doctor of Law in 1915.