Question

Who presided over the 1905 Congress session in Banaras?

Answer 1

Answer:

Nationalists led by Lokmanya Tilak agitated against the Moderates. The split between these two sections became visible at the end of Congress' Banaras Session (1905). Lokmanya Tilak and his followers held a separate conference and formed the Extremist Party.

Answer 2

The congress session in 1905 held in Banaras was presided by G.K.Gokhle.

Introduction:

The year 1905, in Indian history, saw a devastating state of British rule in India. The reactionary policies of Lord Curzon and the Bengal partition were examples.

Gokhle as the president of Banaras session:

• The congress as a whole was against the policies of Curzon but they were ideologically divided.
• They were divided into the moderates and the extremists.
• To annihilate any violence to happen the congress choose Gokhle (who was from the moderates) to preside over the Banaras session.
• Under Gokhle's presidency, the congress chooses their agenda to content Bengal partition and to support the swadeshi movement.