Mrs Annie Besant became the first woman President of the INC in
A
1916
B
1917
C
1918
D
1920
Correct Answer: 1917
She launched the Home Rule League in 1916, modelling the Indian plight on that of Ireland. She was a member of the Fabian Society, owing to her close relationship with George Bernard Shaw. In 1917 she became the first woman president of the Indian National Congress at a session in Calcutta.