Which among the following statement(s) are true about Gazalu Lakshmanarasu? (i) He founded the Madras Native Association. (ii) He purchased the News Paper called ‘Native Interpreter’. (iii) He formed the Hindu progressive improvement society. (iv) He established Vidyanubavanayandira salai printing press.
(i) and (ii)
Gazulu Lakshmanarasu Chetty was a Madras merchant regarded as one of the earliest voices of organised public opinion in the Madras Presidency.
Statement (i) is true: in 1852 he founded the Madras Native Association, the first political association of the presidency, which petitioned the British Parliament about Indian grievances.
Statement (ii) is true: in 1844 he bought an existing native newspaper and its press (the Native Interpreter of the statement; some accounts name it the Native Circulator) and relaunched it as The Crescent from October 1844, using it to oppose missionary interference and to voice Indian concerns.
Statement (iii) is false: the Hindu Progressive Improvement Society was formed in 1852 by Srinivasa Pillai.
Statement (iv) is false: the Vidyanupalana Yantrasalai printing press was set up by the Jaffna Tamil scholar Arumuga Navalar. So only (i) and (ii) are true.
(i) and (ii) option is correct.
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