Question

Who was the President of Congress Lucknow session in 1916?

Answer 1

Hint The Lucknow session was a joint session held between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League in Lucknow in December 1916. The Lucknow Pact was an agreement reached in this joint session held between the two parties. In this pact, the two parties agreed to allow the representation of religious minorities in provincial legislatures. The president of this session was the then president of the Indian National Congress.

Complete step by step solution
The session held at Lucknow marked the reunion of the moderate and radical wings of the Congress, i.e., the Indian National Congress and the All India Muslim League. The Lucknow pact dealt with the structure of the government of India as well as with the relation of the Hindu and Muslim communities with each other.

Therefore, the president of this joint session was Ambica Charan Mazumdar.

Note In the Lucknow pact, four-fifths of the provincial and central legislatures were decided to be elected in a broad franchise. It was agreed upon that half of the executive council members, including those of the central executive council, were to be Indians which were elected by the councils themselves. Except for the provision about changes in the central executive council, these proposals were largely embodied in the Government of India act of 1919. The Congress also agreed to give separate electorates for Muslims in the provincial council elections and also for weightage in their favor (beyond the proportions indicated by population) in all provinces except the Punjab and Bengal, where they separated some ground for the Hindu and Sikh minorities. This pact paved the way for Hindu-Muslim unity in the pre-Independence era and their cooperation in the Khilafat movement and the non-cooperation movement led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1920.