Question

Who was the president of the Indian National Congress in the Amaravathi conference?

• A. A.O. Hume
• B. K. Kelappan
• C. C. Sankaran Nair
• D. Subash Chandra Bose

Answer 1

Answer:

C. C. Sankaran Nair

Chetoor Shankaran Nair

• The only Malayali who became the President of the Indian National Congress.
• He was elected President in 1897 at the Amaravati Conference.
• He resigned from the Viceroy's Executive Council in protest at the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.
• He strongly disagreed with the Gandhian methods of struggle and wrote the book 'Gandhi and Anarchy'.