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GK QUESTION#2682

V.O. Chidambaram Pillai, popularly honored as ‘Kappalottiya Thamizhan’, played a key role in the Swadeshi movement by establishing which Indian-owned enterprise to challenge British monopoly?

  1. ASwadeshi Cotton Mills
  2. BSwadeshi Steam Navigation CompanyCorrect answer
  3. CSwadeshi Bank
  4. DSwadeshi Textile Mills
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B. Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company

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V. O. Chidambaram Pillai established the Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company in 1906 to challenge the British India Steam Navigation Company.

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