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The first session of the Indian National Congress to be presided by a lady was held in _______.
1. 1888
2. 1917
3. 1929
4. 1920

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Correct Answer - Option 2 : 1917

The correct answer is 1917.

  • In 1917, at the Calcutta session, Annie Basant was the first lady president of the Indian National Congress.
  • In 1925, at the Kanpur session, Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian lady president of the Indian National Congress.

  • Indian National Congress(INC):
    • Indian National Congress was founded on 28 December 1885.
    • Father of INC: Allan Octavian Hume
  • List of Important Indian National Congress sessions:
Session President Importance
Bombay, 1885 W.C Banerjee The first session of INC.
Madras, 1887 Badruddin Tayabji First Muslim President of INC.
Allahabad, 1888 George Yule First English President of INC.
Calcutta, 1896 Rahimtullah
M. Sayani
The national song ‘Vande Mataram’ was sung for the first time.
Varanasi, 1905 G.K. Gokhale Introduced the term Swadesi.
Calcutta, 1906 Dadabhai Naoroji Introduced the term Swaraj.
Surat, 1907 Rash Behari Ghosh Party splits into extremists and moderates.
Lahore, 1909 Madan Mohan Malaviya Indian Councils Act, 1909
Calcutta, 1911 Bishan Narayan Dar National Anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ sung for the first time.
Lucknow, 1916 Ambica Charan Mazumdar Merger/Reunion of Congress and Lucknow pact – joint session with the Muslim league.
Calcutta, 1917 Annie Besant First Woman President of the INC.
Belgaum, 1924 M K Gandhi The only session where Gandhi Ji was the President of INC.
Kanpur, 1925 Sarojini Naidu First Indian Woman President of INC.
Lahore, 1929 Jawaharlal Nehru The resolution for Poorna Swaraj was passed.
Haripura, 1938 Subhas Chandra Bose Subhas Chandra Bose became president for the first time.
Meerut, 1946 J.B.
Kripalani
Last session before the independence of India.

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