Who was the first President of the Indian National Conference held in December 1883?
- ASurendranath Banerjee
- BAnand Mohan Bose
- CW. C. Banerjee
- DM. G. Ranade
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Explanation
None of the options is correct. The first Indian National Conference met at the Albert Hall, Calcutta, on 28–30 December 1883. It was organised by the Indian Association, led by Surendranath Banerjee and Ananda Mohan Bose, and was presided over by Ramtanu Lahiri, a veteran of the Young Bengal group.
Its second session (December 1885) met at the same time as the first session of the Indian National Congress in Bombay, and the Conference later merged into the Congress. W. C. Bonnerjee presided over that first Congress session.