Regarding the initial office and organizational structure of Indian Amateur Boxing Federation(IABF): 1) The first office of IABF was established at 62, Majestic Hotel in Bombay. 2) Bombay formed the core of the IABF at its inception, with most office-bearers from the city. 3) The inaugural meeting of the Federation was held at the Governor’s Pavilion of the Cricket Club of India. Which of these statements are correct?

Correct — D. The Indian Amateur Boxing Federation was founded on 25 February 1949. Major F. G. Baker became its first secretary at the inaugural meeting at the Governor's Pavilion of the Cricket Club of India in Bombay, as statement 3 says.

Bombay became the federation's headquarters, which fits statement 2. The key counts statement 1's office address correct as well → option (d).

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  Only 1 and 2 are Correct — This drops statement 3, yet the inaugural meeting was held at the Governor's Pavilion of the Cricket Club of India, exactly as it says.
• (b)
  Only 2 and 3 are Correct — This drops statement 1, the first office at 62, Majestic Hotel, Bombay. The key counts that statement correct along with statements 2 and 3.
• (c)
  Only 1 and 3 are correct — This drops statement 2. The federation grew out of Bombay: it was headquartered there, and the push came from the Bombay Presidency federation's president, H. V. Pointon.

Organised boxing in India began in Bombay. The Bombay Presidency Amateur Boxing Federation, formed there in 1925, was the country's first governing body for the sport.

Mostly through the efforts of H. V. Pointon, its president from 1944 to 1948, a national body followed: the Indian Amateur Boxing Federation, in 1949. The first national championships were held at Bombay's Brabourne Stadium in March 1950.

Key facts

• Indian Amateur Boxing Federation: founded 25 February 1949, headquartered in Bombay.
• Bombay Presidency Amateur Boxing Federation (1925): India's first governing body for boxing.
• The first national boxing championships were held at the Brabourne Stadium, Bombay, in March 1950.
• Today's national body is the Boxing Federation of India, headquartered in Gurugram.

Common traps

• Rejecting a statement only because its detail is unfamiliar — an unfamiliar address is not evidence that it is false.
• Placing the national body's origins in Delhi — Indian boxing's early institutions were in Bombay.

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