Who was the first Indian woman president of Indian National Congress?

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answered Feb 27, 2022 by Vedantk (113k points)
selected Feb 27, 2022 by KaifGoriya

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Correct Answer - Option 3 : Sarojini Naidu

The Correct Answer is "Sarojini Naidu".

Sarojini Naidu was elected as the President of the Indian National Congress Party in 1925, the first-ever Indian woman to assume that position.
She was appointed the governor of Uttar Pradesh after India achieved independence in 1947.
She was India’s first woman governor and remained in that position till her death in 1949.
She was born on 13 February 1879 in Hyderabad.
She delivered lectures on social welfare, women's empowerment, and nationalism in various parts of the country.
She helped to establish the Women's Indian Association in 1917.
To free India from British rule, she went to London in 1919 as a part of the All India Home Rule League.
In 1920, she returned to join Gandhi Ji's Satyagraha Movement amidst the growing national movement.
In 1931, she participated in the round-table conference with Gandhi and Madan Mohan Malaviya.
She was later arrested again in 1932 and 1942 when she spent 21 months in jail.

Indira Gandhi :

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was the first and, to date, only female Prime Minister of India.
Indira Gandhi was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India.

Annie Besant :

Annie Besant set up her All-India Home Rule League in September 1916 in Madras (now Chennai) and covered the rest of India (including Bombay city).
Dr Annie Besant founded two newspapers.
First was a weekly newspaper titled "The Commonweal" and another was "New India", a daily newspaper that was a powerful mouthpiece for 15 years advocating Home Rule and revolutionizing Indian journalism.
She was the first woman president of the Indian National Congress in 1917.

Sonia Gandhi :

Sonia Gandhi is an Indian politician.
She is the president of the Indian National Congress, the left-of-centre political party, which has governed India for most of its post-independence history.