Syed Hasan Imam, President of the special session of the Indian National Congress held at Bombay in 1918, belonged to which region?
- ABengal
- BUttar Pradesh
- CPunjab
- DBihar
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Correct answer: (d) Bihar
Explanation
Syed Hasan Imam (1871–1933), a leading lawyer of Bihar and a judge of the Calcutta High Court, presided over the special session of the Congress at Bombay in 1918, which discussed the Montagu–Chelmsford reforms. His brother Syed Ali Imam presided over the first session of the Bihar Provincial Conference (Patna, 1908).