Consider the following pairs:
1. Radhakanta Deb — First President of the British Indian Association
2. Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty — Founder of the Madras Mahajana Sabha
3. Surendranath Banerjee — Founder of the Indian Association
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

Correct Option: 1 and 3 only

Pair 1 is correct because Radhakanta Deb was the first President of the British Indian Association founded in 1851. Pair 2 is incorrect because Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty founded the Madras Native Association, whereas the Madras Mahajana Sabha was founded by M. Veeraraghavachariar, G. Subramania Iyer, and P. Anandacharlu. Pair 3 is correct as Surendranath Banerjee, along with Ananda Mohan Bose, founded the Indian Association in 1876.