bal gangadhar tilak was the president of gaya session of the indian national congress held in 1922.
bal gangadhar tilak was the president of gaya session of the indian national congress held in 1922.
who was the president of gaya session of the indian national congress held in 1922?
bal gangadhar tilak
she was born into an illustrious bengali brahmo family and had distinguished array of men and women in her paternal and maternal sides. her paternal grandfather kali narayan gupta, was a zamindar who became a brahmo samaj leader, social reformer and a songwriter. sir, k g gupta, one of the top ranking indian ics was her father's elder brother. her father dr. pyare mohan gupta was a district civil surgeon. atul prasad sen was her father's sister's son. her mother tarala devi was the elder sister of 'deshbandhu' chittaranjan das. sahaha took her music lessons from her maternal aunt amala das, a pioneer rabindra sangeet exponenet and the first indian woman to record songs in hmv. she was among the few singers to learn directly from rabindranath tagore and dinendranath tagore. in 1922, she met dilipkumar roy in the gaya session of the indian national congress and was deeply influenced by his musical style, though she retained a distinct way of her own. sick and deserted by her family, she was given refuge in 1927 by tagore in his santiniketan but she had to leave the place for her failing health.
sahana devi
norton was associated with the indian national congress right from its early stages. he participated in the 1887 session at madras in the course of which he made a much acclaimed speech defending his support for indian nationalists and association with the congress. he also organised a magnificent reception for the visiting dignitaries along with the governor lord connemara and the sheriff of madras, s. ramaswami mudaliar. as an outcome of the madras session, norton was appointed member of the committee which drafted the constitution of the indian national congress. norton declared that british parliament had become indifferent to the sufferings of indians and expressed shame at the fact that britain had not fulfilled its promises to india. norton also participated in the tenth session of the indian national congress held in madras in 1894 and the mysore session of the indian national congress held in 1903.
eardley norton