Multiple choice

Who presided over the National Congress in Madras session to boycott the Simon Commission in 1927?

  1. Dadabai Naoroji

  2. G. V. Joshi

  3. Muhammed Iqbal

  4. Dr. Ansari

  5. Madanlal Dhingra
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Dr. Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari presided over the historic 1927 Madras session of the Indian National Congress where the decision to boycott the Simon Commission was unanimously taken. The commission, formed to review constitutional reforms, had no Indian members, and its boycott united diverse political factions against British colonial rule. Ansari was a prominent Muslim leader and close associate of Gandhi.

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