Question

Who among the following presided over the historic Lahore session of INC?
1. Jawaharlal Nehru 
2. Motilal Nehru
3. Gandhiji
4. Mohammed Ali Jinnah

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Jawaharlal Nehru 

The correct answer is Jawaharlal Nehru.

• Jawaharlal Nehru presided over the historic Lahore session of INC held in the year 1929.
• Resolution for ‘Poorna Swaraj' was passed in the Lahore session.
• Civil Disobedience movement for complete independence was decided in this session.
• 26 January to be observed as ‘Independence Day’ was also decided in this session.

• The Indian National Congress was founded in Bombay in December 1885. 
• The INC was established in 1885, by A.O. Hume, a retired civil servant who was staying in Shimla post-retirement.
• The first session of the INC was proposed at Poona, but because of an outbreak of plague in Poona, the venue was shifted to Bombay.
• The first president of this session was W.C. Bonnerjee. W.C. Bonnerjee was a very famous lawyer.