Who was the First Non-Indian Woman President of the Indian National Congress?

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answered Mar 1, 2022 by IshmeetKaur (115k points)
selected Mar 1, 2022 by YogitaMahadev

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Correct Answer - Option 4 : Annie Besant

The correct answer is Annie Besant.

Annie Besant was a socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, author, orator, educator, and philanthropist from the United Kingdom.
She was a staunch supporter of both Irish and Indian self-rule and was regarded as a champion of human liberty.
She went on to become an influential speaker for the National Secular Society (NSS), as well as a writer and Charles Bradlaugh's close friend. In India, she got interested in politics by entering the Indian National Congress.
When World War I broke out in 1914, she was one of the founding members of the Home Rule League, which fought for Indian independence and dominion status within the British Empire.
In late 1917, she was elected president of the Indian National Congress as a result of this.

In 1925, Sarojini Naidu was elected President of the Indian National Congress, and in 1947, she was elected Governor of the United Provinces and making her the first woman to hold the position of Governor in the Dominion of India.
Bhikaiji Rustom Cama, the president of the British Committee of the Indian National Congress, hired her as his personal assistant.
Kamala Kaul Nehru was an Indian independence activist and the wife of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India and the leader of the Indian National Congress (INC).