Question

Name the place where the session of Indian National Congress was held in 1920 in Eastern India.

Hint:

Two Congress sessions were held in 1920, one in September and one in December. Check which of the two cities lies in eastern India.

Answer 1

Concept:

• The Congress met more than once in 1920, so the answer depends on reading both clues in the question, the year and the region.
• The clue “Eastern India” points to the session held in Bengal.

Step 1: Recall the sessions of 1920.
A special session met at Calcutta, now Kolkata, in September 1920, and the annual session met at Nagpur in December of the same year.

Step 2: Apply the clue about the region.
Nagpur lies in central India, in present-day Maharashtra. Calcutta lies in Bengal, in eastern India.
The question asks for the session in eastern India, so the answer is Calcutta.

Step 3: Recall what was decided there.
At the Calcutta session Gandhiji convinced other leaders of the need to start a Non-Cooperation Movement in support of the Khilafat issue as well as for swaraj.

Step 4: Note what followed.
The programme was formally adopted at the Nagpur session in December 1920, and the Non-Cooperation Movement began in January 1921.

Final Answer: The session of the Indian National Congress held in eastern India in 1920 was at Calcutta, now known as Kolkata.