Multiple choice

Who presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress?

  1. Annie Besant

  2. A. O. Hume

  3. Dadabhai Naoroji

  4. W.C. Banerjee
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Explanation

The first session of the Indian National Congress was held in Bombay from December 28-31, 1885, and was presided over by Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee (W.C. Banerjee), a prominent lawyer. While A.O. Hume founded the Congress, he was not its first president. Dadabhai Naoroji became president in 1886, and Annie Besant joined later.

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