VEO- 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