Rise Of Indian National Congress

In 1893, Sir William Wedderburn and W. S. Caine formed the Indian Parliamentary Committee with Dadabhai Naoroji and other Indian sympathizers. The purpose of the Indian Parliamentary Committee is to agitate for Indian political reforms in the House of Commons.

Indian National Congress did not want to include social reforms in its deliberations and decided to form a separate body for such a purpose. National Social Conference was founded by M.G. Ranade and Raghunath Rao. It was virtually the social reform cell of the Indian National Congress. The Conference met annually as a subsidiary convention of the Indian National Congress, at the same venue, and focused attention on social reform. The Conference advocated inter-caste marriages and opposed kulinism and polygamy .

This session was very significant because in this Lahore session the prominent party Indian National Congress, took the resolution of Poorna Swaraj or complete independence. In this, the Indian tricolour flag was hoisted by Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru on the bank of the Ravi River.

**Statement 1 is Incorrect:** The first woman President of the Indian National Congress was Annie Besant in 1917, not Sarojini Naidu. Sarojini Naidu became the first Indian woman to preside over the Congress in 1925 (Kanpur Session). **Statement 2 is Correct:** Badruddin Tyabji was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress, presiding over its third session in 1887 (Madras).

* Lala Lajpat Rai was a prolific writer and wrote several books and articles on various topics. He wrote biographies of Mazzini, Garibaldi, Shivaji, and Shrikrishna. His writings were influential in shaping the nationalist movement in India. Lala Lajpat Rai was an active member of the Indian National Congress. * Lala Lajpat Rai visited America in 1914 for a lecture tour organized by the Indian Home Rule League. * He was elected to the Central Legislative Assembly in 1923 and even served as its president in 1925.