Modern History PYQ 350 of 636 · Trade Union and Communist Party

The first president of the All India Trade Union Congress was-

  1. ADiwan Chamanlal
  2. BAcharya N.G. Ranga
  3. CSwami Sahajanand
  4. DLala Lajpat Rai

42nd B.P.S.C. (Pre) 1997-98

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Correct answer: (d) Lala Lajpat Rai

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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