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| Asiatic Society of Bengal was founded by which of the following? |
Sir William Jones William Hastings Dada Bhai Naoroji Surendra Nath Banerjee |
| Sir William Jones |
| During the colonial period, British administrators began to study Indian history and to create an archive of knowledge about the subcontinent to help them better understand the people and the cultures of the empire they sought to rule. The Asiatic Society of Bengal, founded by Sir William Jones in 1784, undertook the editing, printing and translation of many Indian manuscripts. |
