Who among the following authored ’Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’?

The correct answer is D, Dadabhai Naoroji. Dadabhai Naoroji published Poverty and Un-British Rule in India in 1901, and in it he set out his drain theory, the argument that British rule was steadily draining India’s wealth to England through salaries, pensions, home charges and the profits of trade. He showed that this drain, not any fault of the people, was the cause of Indian poverty, and he called the rule un-British because it broke the liberal principles the British claimed for themselves. Naoroji is called the Grand Old Man of India, was the first Indian elected to the British House of Commons, and presided over the Congress three times. A is wrong because Nehru wrote The Discovery of India, Glimpses of World History and an autobiography. B is wrong because Gandhi wrote Hind Swaraj and The Story of My Experiments with Truth. C is wrong because Tagore wrote Gitanjali, Gora and Ghare Baire. Exam tip: fix the pair - Dadabhai Naoroji, the drain theory, and the book of 1901.