Question

Which session of the congress gave a call to the attainment of 'Swaraj'?
1. 1909
2. 1906
3. 1904
4. 1902

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : 1906

The correct answer is 1906.

• The Calcutta session in 1906 call for the attainment of 'Swaraj'.
• The resolution of Swadeshi was adopted in the 1906 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress.
• In the Calcutta Session of Congress in 1906, Dadabhai Naoroji had placed Swaraj as a national demand. 
• The Calcutta session 1906 was presided by Dadabhai Naoroji.

•  Some important facts:
  • First Muslim President - Badruddin Tyabji.
  • First Female President - Annie Besant.
  • First Indian woman President - Sarojini Naidu.
  • The Surat Split was the splitting of the Indian National Congress into two groups - the Extremists and the Moderates - at the Surat session in 1907.