Question

For which of the following Sessions, the Congress elected its first woman President?
1. Calcutta Session 1917
2. Gaya Session 1922
3. Allahabad Session 1921
4. Lucknow Session 1916

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Calcutta Session 1917

The correct answer is Calcutta Session 1917.

• Annie Besant was a British theosophist, socialist, women's rights activist, writer, orator, educationist, and philanthropist.
• She was elected as the president of INC at its Calcutta session in 1917.
• Annie Besant was an ardent supporter of both Irish and Indian self-rule.
• As an educationist, Annie Besant's contributions included being one of the founders of the Banaras Hindu University.
• She founded Central Hindu College now known as Central Hindu School at Varanasi in 1898.
• Annie Besant was a prolific author with over 300 books and pamphlets to her credit.

•  Details of other sessions of INC are as follows:-

Session	Year	President
Lucknow Session	1916	Ambica Charan Mazumdar
Allahabad Session	1921	Hakim Ajmal Kha
Gaya Session	1922	Chittaranjan Das
Delhi Session	1923	Abul Kalam Azad
Belgaum Session	1924	Mahatma Gandhi- The only session presided by Gandhi Ji
Kanpur Session	1925	Sarojini Naidu - First Indian Women

• Some of the notable works of Annie Besant are:-
  • An Introduction to Yoga
  • A Study in Karma
  • The Political Status of Women
  • Christianity: Its Evidence, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History (1876)
  • The Law of Population 
  • My Path to Atheism 
  • The Atheistic Platform: 12 Lectures One by Besant 
  • Why I Am a Socialist 
  • Why I Became a Theosophist 
  • The Seven Principles of Man