Q47
Indian National MovementRise of Nationalism & the Congress
Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress?
- a.Badruddin Tyabji
- b.M. A. Jinnah
- c.Ajmal Khan
- d.Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: (A) Badruddin Tyabji
Badruddin Tyabji presided over the third session of the Congress at Madras in 1887, becoming its first Muslim President. Hakim Ajmal Khan (1921) and Maulana Azad (1923, 1940) presided later, and Jinnah never presided over the Congress.