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

Kasturba Gandhi

Mrs. Annie Besant

Sarojini Naidu

Bhakti Laxmi Desai

None of the above/More than one of the above

Explanation:

Mrs. 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, she launched the Home Rule League along with Lokmanya Tilak.
She was declared a World Teacher after her lecture on Theosophy in 1926.
She had founded the Central Hindu College in 1898 in Varanasi which was gifted to Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya; and he coverted it into Banaras Hindu University.

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