Question

In which of the following years did Sarojini Naidu preside over the Indian National Congress session?
1. 1945
2. 1935
3. 1915
4. 1925

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : 1925

The correct answer is 1925.

• Kanpur Session, 1925: Sarojini Naidu became the second woman to preside over the Congress after Annie Besant.
• She said during her presidential address: 'How shall I stir your hearts, how shall I light that flame that cannot die, so that your slavery, so that your disunion, so that all the things that make you hungry and naked and forlorn, oppressed and battered 'will be burnt in that undying fire?'

• About Congress:
  • The Indian National Congress was founded at Bombay in December 1885.
  • A.O. Hume played an important part in bringing Indians from the various regions together.
  • First Session: held at Bombay in 1885. President: W.C. Bannerjee
  • 1917: Calcutta. President: Annie Besant, First Woman President of Congress