Who among the following was never elected as a President of the ‘Indian National Congress’

(A) Lala Lajpat Rai
(B) Annie Besant
(C) Moti Lal Nehru
(D) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Correct Answer : Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Question Asked : UPPCS (Spl) (Mains) 2008, Uttarakhand UDA/LDA (Pre) 2007, UPPCS (Mains) 2006
Lala Lajpat Rai, popularly known as ‘Sher-e-Punjab (Lion of the Punjab) presided over Indian National Congress in a special session of Calcutta 1920. He was the author of ‘Unhappy India.’ Annie Besant was a prominent Anglo-Irish nationalist lady. She became a prominent leader of Theosophical Society during 1907-1933. She constituted ‘Home Rule League’ in 1916’ and became the first female President of Indian National Congress in 1917. Moti Lal Nehru became President of Congress in 1919 and 1928 and established the ‘Swaraj Party’ in 1923. Tilak : was born in a Chitpavan Brahmin family of Maharashtra. He edited newspaper ‘Kesari’ and ‘Maratha,’ and gave famous slogan ‘Swaraj is my birthright’ but was never elected as President of Congress.
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