Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the List

List-I | List-II
A. Girija Devi | 1. Leading woman executive
B. Indira Nooyi | 2. Leading writer
C. Kiran Desai | 3. Hematologist turned executive of the BBC trust
D. Chitra Bharucha | 4. Anti-liquor activist
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The matching of historical figures to their respective roles or organizations is as follows: (A) Shyamji Krishna Varma founded the Indian Home Rule Society in London in 1905, which became known as 'India House'. (B) Madame Bhikaji Cama was a prominent revolutionary who famously unfurled the first version of the Indian national flag at the International Socialist Congress in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1907. (C) Annie Besant, a leader of the Theosophical Society, launched the Home Rule League in India in 1916 to demand self-government. (D) Aurobindo Ghosh was a key figure in the extremist wing of the Indian National Congress and a philosopher who contributed significantly to the nationalist ideology before retiring to Pondicherry. Therefore, the correct sequence is A-4, B-1, C-2, D-3.