rash behari ghosh was the president of surat session of congress 1907.
the president of surat session of congress 1907 was?
rash behari ghosh
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the indian national congress(inc) which was established in 1885 by a.o hume was divided into two groups(in the year 1907) mainly by extremists and moderates at the surat session of the congress. the period 1885-1905 was known as the period of the moderates as moderates dominated the indian national congress. these moderates used petition, prayers, meetings, leaflets and pamphlets memorandum and delegations to present their demands in front of the british government. moderates were not able to achieve notable goals other than the expansion of the legislative council by the indian council act of 1892. this created dis-satisfaction among the people. in 1907 the inc meeting was to be held in nagpur and the extremists wanted lala lajpat rai or bal gangadhar tilak as president. but moderates wanted rash bihari ghosh to be president. gopal krishna gokhale changed the meeting place from nagpur to surat fearing that if nagpur was to be held as meeting place then bal gangadhar tilak would become president. the partition of bengal became the rise of extremism in inc.
surat split