Which one of the following submitted in 1875 a petition to the House of Commons demanding India’s direct representation in the British Parliament?

The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha, established in Poona as an early public body, took up political petitions on behalf of Indian public opinion and is recorded as having submitted representations to the British Parliament in the 1870s; it was the Sabha that sent a petition in 1875 seeking direct representation for India in the British House of Commons [1]. The petition’s presentation to the House of Commons is consistent with parliamentary records of petitions and debates from 1875 in the Commons archives. This activity fits the wider pattern of late-19th-century Indian demands for parliamentary representation, a campaign that eventually saw Indians like Dadabhai Naoroji enter the Commons later on [2].

Sources

1. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poona_Sarvajanik_Sabha
2. [2] Exploring Society:India and Beyond ,Social Science, Class VIII . NCERT(Revised ed 2025) > Chapter 4: The Colonial Era in India > The drain of India's wealth > p. 98