Multiple choice

In which of the following years was Annie Besant elected as the President of the Indian National Congress?

  1. 1911

  2. 1914

  3. 1917

  4. 1923
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Explanation

Annie Besant opened the Central Hindu College, Benares (Varanasi), in 1898, later receiving the honorary degree of D. L. by the Benares Hindu University. A vocal supporter for Indian Home Rule, she was interned by the British authorities during the first world war. In 1917, she was declared as the President of the Indian National Congress party. 

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