Question

Who was elected as the president of the Indian National Congress for the year 1938?
1. Jawaharlal nehru
2. Subhash Chandra Bose
3. Abul Kalam Azad
4. Vallabh Bhai Patel

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 2 : Subhash Chandra Bose

The correct answer is Subhash Chandra Bose.

• Subhash Chandra Bose:
  • Subhas Chandra Bose was one of the most eminent freedom fighters of India.
  • Born in Cuttack, in the province of Bengal to an affluent family.
  • He was educated in Calcutta acquiring a degree in philosophy.
  • Subhash Chandra Bose was elected as the president of the Indian National Congress for the year 1938.
  • Subhas Chandra Bose was Selected for the Indian Civil Services (ICS) but refused to take up service since he did not want to serve the British government.
  • Bose joined the Indian National Congress (Formed on December 28, 1885) in 1921.
  • He also started a newspaper called ‘Swaraj’.
  • He was the President of the All India Youth Congress and also the Secretary of the Bengal State Congress.

• Jawaharlal Nehru:
  • On 14 November 1889, Jawaharlal Nehru was born in Allahabad to parents with Kashmiri Pandit lineage.
  • He played a prominent role in the freedom struggle and became the first prime minister of independent India.
  • He was influenced by the works of G B Shaw, HG Wells, Bertrand Russell, J M Keynes, Meredith Townsend, and Lowes Dickinson.
  • After acquiring a degree, Nehru studied to become a lawyer and entered the Bar in 1912.
  • In 1912, Nehru returned to India and started practice at the Allahabad High Court.
  • However, he was disinterested in this job and soon drifted towards the national cause.
  • He attended a Congress session in 1912 in Patna and felt that the membership of the party was restricted to upper-class elites.
• Abul Kalam Azad:
  • Maulana Azad was born in Mecca, Saudi Arabia to a Muslim scholar from Bengal with Afghan ancestry, Maulana Muhammad Khairuddin, and his Arab wife.
  • The family had moved to Saudi Arabia after the Revolt of 1857.
  • In 1890 they returned to Calcutta.
  • Azad mastered several languages like Urdu, Persian, Hindi, English, Bengali, and Arabic.
  • He showed erudition at a young age and was contributing articles to magazines and teaching while in his teens itself.
  • He was publishing a popular monthly magazine Lissan-us-Sidq when he was just 12.
• Vallabh Bhai Patel:
  • Vallabh Bhai Jhaver Bhai Patel was popularly known as Sardar Patel, who was an Indian politician.
  • He served as the First Deputy Prime Minister of India.
  • He was an Indian barrister, a senior leader of the Indian National Congress, and a founding father of the Republic of India who played a leading role in the country’s struggle for independence and guided its integration into a united, independent nation.
  • In India and elsewhere, he was often called Sardar, meaning “chief” in Hindi, Urdu, and Persian.
  • He acted as Home Minister during the political integration of India and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947.