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The annual session of the Indian National Congress was held in _______ in the year 1936.
A.Faizpur
B.Pune
C.Mumbai
D.Nagpur

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Hint:The 64th annual session of the Indian national congress was held in Nagpur from January 10 to January 12 in the year 1959. Shri U.N.Dhebar was the president at this session.
73 and 78 sessions of the Indian national congress were held in Bombay in the year 1969 and 1985. Jagjivan Ram and Rajiv Gandhi were the presidents of those sessions.The 11 session of the Indian national congress was held in Pune from Dec 27 to Dec 30 in the year 1895. Surendranath Banerjee was the president at this session.

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The annual session of the Indian National Congress was held in Faizpur in 1936. It was the fiftieth session of the Indian Congress. It was held on 27 and 28 December 1936. Faizpur was a village located on the outer part of the Yawal Taluka comes under Jalgaon district of Bombay Presidency. In those days Maharashtra was called as Bombay presidency. Faizpur was the first rural area where congress conducted its annual session. Many peasants participated in the session. The faizpur session was important to the Indian National congress because they raised demands for the welfare of the peasants and they also struggled for them in that session. The faizpur session was presided by Jawaharlal Nehru who was at his peak of influence in the congress during the year 1936. Faizpur is a city and a municipal council in the Maharashtra state in India. Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the president and Rajmal Lalwani was the treasurer for the annual session of the Indian National congress held in Faizpur of Maharashtra district. The list of the presidents of Municipal council is as follows: Khushalbhau Chaudhari, Totaram Badhu Mahajan (President and Vice president for nearly 40 years) and P.K.Chaudhari. The faizpur session was held in a rural area because they planned to discuss the needs of the peasants in that session.

Hence, the correct answer is option (A).

Note:The first session of the annual congress was held at Bombay from Dec 28 - 30 in 1885. Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee was the president of this session.