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UPSC 2005: Who among the following was a proponent of Fabianism as a movement?
(a)Annie Besant
(b)A.O. Hume
(c)Michael Madhusudan Dutt
(d)R. Palme Dutt
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Before coming to India, Annie Besant was sponsored by George Bernard Shaw to join Britain’s Fabian Society and soon became one of its leading speakers, making her the noted advocate of Fabianism among the choices. Hume founded the INC but was not a Fabian, Michael Madhusudan Dutt was a poet, and R. Palme Dutt was a Marxist historian; hence (a). ([en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Besant?utm_source=openai))
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