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The correct answer is Tripuri.

Key Points

• In the 1939 Tripuri Session, Subhash Chandra Bose Won the elections for the Indian National Congress (INC) president at Tripuri Session by defeating Pattabhi Sitaramayya.
• Gandhi Ji and other members supported Pattabhi Sitaramayya, and Subhash Chandra Bose couldn't work efficiently, therefore, he resigned from the post of Congress president.
• Later, He formed the Forward Bloc in Calcutta in 1939

​Important Points

• The First session of the Indian National Congress was held at Bombay in 1885, and the president was WC Bonnerji.
• 72 delegates from all over India attended the first session.
• The Second session of the Indian National Congress was held at Calcutta in 1886 under the presidentship of Dadabhai Naoroji.
• The Third session of the Indian National Congress was held at Madras in 1887 under the chairmanship of Syed Badruddin Tyabji, the first Muslim President.
• The fourth session of the Indian National Congress was held at Allahabad in 1888 under the presidentship of George Yule, the first English President.

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Indian nationalism arose in the latter half of the 19th century as a result of various factors like western education, socio-religious reforms, British policies and so on.

• In 1885, the Indian National Congress was formed which played a significant role in India’s freedom movement.
• The time period from 1885 to 1905 can be called the ‘Moderate Phase’. The leaders of this phase are called moderates.
• The moderate phase of the Congress (or the national movement) was dominated by the ‘moderates’.
• They were people who believed in British justice and were loyal to them.

Important Points​

Gopal Krishna Gokhale was one of the prominent moderate leaders:

• He is regarded as Mahatma Gandhi’s political guru.
• He had founded the Servants of India Society.
• He was a great social reformer and educationist who provided exemplary leadership to India's freedom movement.
• Gokhale worked towards social empowerment, expansion of education, struggle for freedom in India for three decades and rejected the use of reactionary or revolutionary ways.
• He became president of INC in 1905 in the Banaras session.
  • Despite the ideological difference, in 1907, he intensely campaigned for the release of Lala Lajpat Rai, who was imprisoned that year by the British at Mandalay in present-day Myanmar.
  • This was the time when bitter differences had arisen between his group of ‘Moderates’ and the ‘Extremists’ led by Lala Lajpat Rai and Bal Gangadhar Tilak among others. The two factions split at the Surat session of 1907.

Thus, we can conclude that Gopal Krishna Gokhale was labelled as a ‘Moderate’ leader in Congress.

The correct answer is Badruddin Tyabji.

Key Points

• During the British Raj, Badruddin Tyabji (10 October 1844 – 19 August 1906) was an Indian lawyer, activist, and politician.
• The first Indian to work as a barrister in the High Court of Bombay was Tyabji.
• In 1887, he held the position of Indian National Congress' third president.
• He served as the first Muslim president of the Indian National Congress and was one of its founding members.
• In 1874, he established the Anjuman-i-Islam College in Bombay.
• Tyabji also campaigned to undermine the zenana system and for the freedom of women.

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• Gopal Krishna Gokhale (9 May 1866 – 19 February 1915):
  • He was a social reformer and "moderate" political figure in India during the struggle for independence.
  • Gokhale was the founder of the Servants of India Society.
  • He was a prominent member of the Indian National Congress.
• Dadabhai Naoroji (4 September 1825 – 30 June 1917):
  • He was an author, businessman, scholar, and political figure in India.
  • He presided over the Indian National Congress from 1886 to 1887, 1893 to 1894, and 1906 to 1907 as its second, ninth, and 22nd president.
• Surendranath Banerjee (10 November 1848 – 6 August 1925):
  • He led the Indian nationalist movement under British rule.
  • He established the Indian National Association, a nationalist group.
  • He was one of the Indian National Congress' founding members. 

The correct answer is A. O. Hume.

Key Points

• On December 28, 1885, the Indian National Congress was founded in Bombay by Scottish resident "Alan Octavian Hume".
• The first president of the Congress was "Vyomesh Chandra Banerjee".
• The youngest president of the Congress was "Abdul Kalam Azad", who presided over the special session of Delhi in 1925.
• The 1888 session of the Congress was presided over by the first Englishman "George Yule".
• "Motilal Nehru" presided over the 1919 Amritsar session of the Congress.

The Correct answer is Subhas Chandra Bose.

Key Points

• Subhas Chandra Bose was a prominent leader in the Indian freedom struggle.
• He was elected as the President of the Indian National Congress in the year 1938 and again in 1939.
• Bose is known for his role in establishing the Azad Hind Fauj or Indian National Army (INA).
• He was a strong advocate for complete independence from British rule and sought international support for India's freedom struggle.
• He had differences with Mahatma Gandhi and other leaders of the Congress due to his militant approach and resigned from the President's post in 1939.

 Additional Information

• Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  • Bal Gangadhar Tilak was a prominent Indian nationalist and freedom fighter.
  • He was known as the "Father of Indian Unrest" due to his fierce advocacy for Swaraj (self-rule).
  • Tilak was one of the first leaders of the Indian independence movement and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress.
• Gopal Krishna Gokhale
  • Gopal Krishna Gokhale was a senior leader of the Indian National Congress and a social reformer.
  • He was a mentor to Mahatma Gandhi and advocated for moderate political reforms and social development.
  • Gokhale founded the Servants of India Society to promote education and social welfare.
• Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
  • Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was an Indian scholar, independence activist, and senior leader of the Indian National Congress.
  • He served as the first Minister of Education in independent India and played a crucial role in promoting education and culture.
  • Azad was a proponent of Hindu-Muslim unity and opposed the partition of India.

The correct answer is Annie Besant.

Key Points

• Annie Besant was the first woman President of the Indian National Congress.
• She presided over the Indian National Congress at the Calcutta session of 1917.
• She was a leading member of INC.
• She established the Home Rule League in 1916 at Madras.
• She first visited India in 1893 and was involved in the Indian National Movement.

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• Sarojini Naidu:
  • She was the first Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress.
  • She became the president of the Indian National Congress in the Kanpur session in 1925.
  • She was given the title of "Nightingale of India" for her contributions in the field of poetry writing.
  • She was called 'Bharat Kokila'.
  • She is the first woman to hold the office of governor in the dominion of India.
  • She became the governor of the United Provinces in 1947.

Important Points

• Chittaranjan Das became the president of the Indian National Congress in the Gaya session in 1922.
• Motilal Nehru became the president of the Indian National Congress in the Calcutta session in 1928.
• Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel became the president of the Indian National Congress in the Karachi session in 1931.

The correct answer is Lahore.

Key Points

• The Indian National Congress, on 19 December 1929, passed the historic 'Purna Swaraj' – (total independence) resolution – at its Lahore session.
  • A public declaration was made on 26 January 1930 – a day which the Congress Party urged Indians to celebrate as 'Independence Day.
• It was the same session in which Jawaharlal Nehru was elected as president of Congress.

Additional Information

• The Indian National Congress (INC) was formed by Allan Octavian Hume in 1885.
• The first session of INC was held in Bombay from 28–31 December 1885 under the chairmanship of W.C. Bannerjee.
• Sessions of Indian National Congress before Independence:

The correct answer is Badruddin Tayyabji.

Important Points

Badruddin Tyabji was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress.

• Badruddin Tyabji was a prominent lawyer, Indian independence movement activist, and politician during the times of British India.
• He was the first Indian to practice as a barrister of the High Court of Bombay.
• He served as the third President of the Indian National Congress.
• Rahimtullah M Sayani was the second Muslim to serve as president after Badruddin Tyabji.

Additional Information

• Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was an Indian Independence activist, a congress leader.
• Hakim Ajmal Khan holds the record of 'sole person elected to the Presidency of the Indian National Congress, the Muslim League, and the All India Khilafat Committee'.
• Rafi Ahmed Kidwai became India's first Minister for Communications after Independence. 
• Rafi Ahmed Kidwai and Abul Kalam Azad were only two Muslim in Jawahar Lal Nehru Central Cabinet. 

The correct answer is Kolkata, 1896.

Key Points

• 'Vande Mataram' song was sung for the first time at the Indian National Congress session at Kolkata in 1896.
• The president of the Kolkata session was Rahmatullah M. Sayani.
• Vande Mataram song:
  • The song was Sung by Rabindranath Tagore.
  • The song was written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1874.
  • The song was published in the Bengali novel Anandamath in 1882.

​​​Important Points

• 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:

The correct answer is Lala Lajpat Rai.

Key Points

• AITUC- All India Trade Union Congress
  •   AITUC was formed on October 31st, 1920 in Bombay.
  • AITUC was founded by Lala Lajpat Rai who was the first President of AITUC national conference
  • AITUC is politically linked to the Communist Party of India (from 1945 to the present).

   Additional Information

• Formation of AITUC – All India Trade Union Congress 
  • The founding conference or the first session of AITUC began on October 31st, 1920, in Empire Theatre Bombay with Lala Lajpat Rai as the founding President.
  • Other leaders who participated were – Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, V. V. Giri, Sarojini Naidu, C.R. Das, Jawarharlal Nehru, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, Annie Besant, V.J. Patel, B.P. Wadia, Joseph Baptista, Lalubhai Samaldas, Jamnadas, Dwarka Das, B W Wadia, R R Karandikar, Col. J.C. Wedgwood.

The correct answer is Mahatma Gandhi.

Key Points

• Sarojini Naidu was the President of Congress during the Kanpur session of Congress 1925.
• Mahatma Gandhi was the President of Congress during the Belgaum session of Congress 1924.
• Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman who was the President of Congress.

Important Points

• Founder of  Indian National Congress - Allan Octavian Hume.
• Viceroy during the formation of Indian National Congress - Lord Dufferin.
• First President - Womash Chandra Banerjee.
• The First Muslim President of the Indian National Congress was Badruddin Tayyibji.

The correct answer is 1931; Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

Key Points

• The Karachi session of the Indian National Congress was held in 1931.
• It was presided over by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
• The Karachi session was conducted in the shadow of three major events:
  • Mahatma Gandhi had been released from prison after the Salt satyagraha;
  • Gandhi-Irwin Pact had been concluded;
  • The British government had executed Bhagat Singh and two of his associates.
• S.C. Bose had regarded the Karachi session as the pinnacle of Mahatma Gandhi's popularity and prestige.

 Thus, we can say that the Karachi session of the INC was held in 1931 and was presided over by Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

The correct answer is 1911, Kolkata.

Key Points

• The National Anthem was first sung on the second day of the annual conference of the Indian National Congress (INC) in Kolkata on December 27, 1911.
• It was written in (Tatsama) Bengali.

National Anthem

• 'Jana Gana Mana' is the first stanza of the Bengali chant 'Bharoto Bhagryo Bidhata', penned by Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore.
• The song  "Jana Gana Mana" was first printed under the title "Bharat Vidhata" in Tattva Bodhini Patrika in January 1912.
• It takes about 52 seconds for its total completion, while it takes 20 seconds for the first and last lines of the stanza.
• There is a total of five stanzas in our National Anthem.
• The Hindi version of the National Anthem was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 24 January 1950.
• The original composition written by Rabindranath Tagore was translated into Hindi by Abid Ali.

The correct answer is 1906.

Key Points

• The Calcutta session in 1906 call for the attainment of 'Swaraj'.
• The resolution of Swadeshi was adopted in the 1906 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress.
• In the Calcutta Session of Congress in 1906, Dadabhai Naoroji had placed Swaraj as a national demand. 
• The Calcutta session 1906 was presided by Dadabhai Naoroji.

Additional Information

•  Some important facts:
  • First Muslim President - Badruddin Tyabji.
  • First Female President - Annie Besant.
  • First Indian woman President - Sarojini Naidu.
  • The Surat Split was the splitting of the Indian National Congress into two groups - the Extremists and the Moderates - at the Surat session in 1907.

The correct answer is Jawaharlal Nehru.

Key Points

• 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.

Additional Information

• 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.