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

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answered Mar 1, 2022 by YogitaMahadev (114k points)
selected Mar 1, 2022 by IshmeetKaur

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Correct Answer - Option 1 : Annie Besant

The correct answer is Annie Besant.

Annie Besant was selected as the first woman president of the Indian National Congress in 1917.
She is popularly known as Annie Wood.
She was a reputed theosophist, women's rights activist, writer, and orator.
In 1916, along with Lokmanya Tilak, she launched the Home Rule League.
She was declared a World Teacher after her lecture on Theosophy in 1926.
She had founded the Central Hindu College in 1898 in Varanasi and this college was later gifted to Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya for the latter to get it converted into Banaras Hindu University.

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Sarojini Naidu	Sarojini Naidu was an Indian political activist, a member of the Indian National Congress, and a poet. She was the first female Indian governor. She was titled ‘Nightingale of India’ by Mahatma Gandhi. Her first guru was Gopal Krishna Gokhale who encouraged her to fight for the country and ignited the fire of patriotism in her. The British government also awarded her the Kaisar-i-Hind Medal for her work during the plague epidemic in India. Some books written by the Sarojini Naidu are The Golden Threshold, Mohammad Jinnah: An Ambassador of Unity, The Indian Fantasy, The Royal Tombs of Golconda, The Snake Charmer, etc.
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