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UPSC 2008: Who among the following gave a systematic critique of the moderate politics of the Indian National Congress in a series of articles entitled New Lamps for Old?
(a)Aurobindo Ghosh
(b)R. C. Dutt
(c)Syed Ahmad Khan
(d)Viraraghavachari
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Sri Aurobindo (Aurobindo Ghosh) wrote the series of articles titled "New Lamps for Old" in the Bombay journal Indu Prakash in 1893-94, sharply criticising the moderate leadership of the Indian National Congress; none of the other figures listed produced this critique. ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induprakash?utm_source=openai))
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