Who was the INC President at the time of Indian Independence?|Village Extension officer Previous Questions and answers with Explanation

 Who was the INC President at the time of Indian Independence?

Ans:  C  - J B Kripalani(1947), Meerut Session

 Important Points :

 Indian National Congress

·         INC was  Founded in 28 December 1885

·         Founder: ‎Allan Octavian Hume

·         Lok Sabha leader‎: ‎Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury    

    

·         Rajya Sabha leader‎: ‎Ghulam Nabi Azad‎

·         1885-First president of INC- W C Banergee- Bombay

·         1906- Culcutta session- Dadabai Naoroji- “ Swaraj declaration”

·         1929 – Lahore Session- Jawahar Lal Nehru – “ Poorna Swaraj”

·         1907 – Surat Session- Rash Bihari Ghosh – “ Soorat Split” – INC split in to Moderates and Extremists

·         1924 – Belgam session – Gandhiji –

·         1942 – Abul Kalam Azad- at the time of Quit India

·         1959 – Delhi Special Session – Indira Gandhi

·         1998-2017 – Calcutta – Sonia Gandhi

·         2017- 2019  - Delhi- Rahul Gandhi