Consider the statements regarding the nationalist Romesh Chunder Dutt. 1. He translated Ramayana and Mahabharata. 2. He was president of the Indian National Congress. 3. He qualified the ICS. 4. He was president of the Bongiya Sahitya Parishad. Which of the following statements are correct?

Explanation

Romesh Chunder Dutt was an Indian civil servant, economic historian, translator of Ramayana and Mahabharata. He was one of the prominent proponents of Indian economic nationalism. He entered the Indian Civil Service as an assistant magistrate of Alipur in 1871. A famine in Meherpur district of Nadia in 1874 and another in Dakhin Shahbazpur (Bhola District) in 1876, followed by a disastrous cyclone, required emergency relief and economic recovery operations, which Dutt managed successfully. He served as administrator for Backerganj, Mymensingh, Burdwan, Donapur, and Midnapore. He became Burdwan's District Officer in 1893, Commissioner (offtg.) of Burdwan Division in 1894, and Divisional Commissioner (offtg.) for Orissa in 1895. Dutt was the first Indian to attain the rank of divisional commissioner. Dutt retired from the ICS in 1897. He was the president of Indian National Congress in 1899. He was also a member of the Bengal Legislative Council. He served as the first president of Bangiya Sahitya Parishad in 1894, while Rabindranath Tagore and Navinchandra Sen were the vice-presidents of the society.