INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MODERN INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In which of the following session of Indian National Congress Dadabhai Naoroji was elected president for the first time?
A
Bombay
B
Calcutta
C
Lucknow
D
Karachi
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The two groups later merged into the INC, and Naoroji was elected President of the Congress in 1886. Naoroji published Poverty and Un-British Rule in India in 1901.

Detailed explanation-2: -After the party’s foundation in December 1885, Wyomesh Chandra Banerjee became its first president. From 1885 to 1933, the presidency had a term of one year only.

Detailed explanation-3: -Abul Kalam Azad was the President of the Indian National Congress during the Quit India Movement which took place in 1942.

Detailed explanation-4: -Congress president Nellie Sengupta was elected in his place, thus becoming the third woman, and the second European-born woman to be elected. She was elected president by the party for her contribution to the party and the country. She was also elected as an Alderman to the Calcutta Corporation in 1933 and 1936.

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