Modern History PYQ 349 of 636 · Trade Union and Communist Party

All India Trade Union Congress was formed in the year

  1. A1920
  2. B1919
  3. C1918
  4. DMore than one of the above

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Correct answer: (a) 1920

Explanation

Through the efforts of N.M. Joshi, Joseph Baptista, and Lala Lajpat Rai, the “All India Trade Union Congress”, i.e., the All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), was established in Bombay on 31 October, 1920. Lala Lajpat Rai was its first President, while Joseph Baptista was the Vice-President and Diwan Chamanlal Bajaj was the General Secretary. The first split in this organisation took place in 1929 at the Nagpur session. At that time, Jawaharlal Nehru was its President.

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