The first session of All India Trade Union Congress held at Bombay in 1920 was presided over by

(A) Ferozshah Mehta
(B) V.V. Giri
(C) Lala Lajpat Rai
(D) N.M. Joshi

Correct Answer : Lala Lajpat Rai
Question Asked : UPPCS (Mains) 2006, 2011
The All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC) was founded in Bombay on October 31, 1920 by N. M. Joshi with Lala Lajpat Rai as its first President, Joseph Baptista as Vice President and Diwan Charnan Lal Bajaj as General Secretary. The motive behind its formation was the establishment of International Labour Union in 1919. The first partition of this Organisation took place in 1929 in its Nagpur Session. Jawaharlal Nehru was President during its partition.
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