History
1-President of Indian National Congress at the time of independence was Acharya J B Kriplani (1946)
2-First joint session of Indian National Congress and Muslim League took place in Lucknow (1916)
3-National Song, Vande Mataram was first sung in the session of Calcutta (1896)
4-First split of Indian National Congress took place in 1907 at Surat session
5-First Indian woman president of Indian National Congress -Mrs Sarojini Naidu (1925)
6-First woman president of Indian National Congress -Mrs Annie Besant (1917)
7-Badrudin Tayabji (Madras, 1887) was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress.
8- Lord Dufferin was the Viceroy of British India when the Indian National Congress was founded .
9-First session of Indian National Congress was held at Mumbai (1885)
10-Indian National Congress was founded in 1885
11-Indian National Congress was founded by Allan Octavian Hume.
12-Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee(1885) was the first President of Indian National Congress
13-Woman Presidents of Indian National Congress – Mrs Annie Besant (1917), Mrs Sarojini Naidu (1925) and Mrs. Nellie Sengupta (1933).
14- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad -Youngest president of Indian National Congress
15-National Anthem, Jana Gana Mana was first sung in the session of Calcutta (1911)
16-The only session of Indian National Congress presided over by Mahatma Gandhi -Belgaum (1924)
17-Under whose leadership was the all India Muslim League set up ? -Aga Khan
18-Two of the great Mughals wrote their own memories. There were Babar and Jahangir
19-To which king belongs the Lion capital at Sarnath ?-Ashoka
20-Universities in the Presidency towns in India were established in 1857