Who was elected as the first President of the Indian National Congress during its inaugural session in 1885?
Womesh Chandra Banerjee
The Indian National Congress held its first session in December 1885 at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College, Bombay, with 72 delegates.
Womesh Chandra Banerjee (W. C. Bonnerjee), a Calcutta barrister, presided over this session and became the first President of the Congress.
A. O. Hume was the founder and first General Secretary, Dadabhai Naoroji presided over the second session in 1886, and Bal Gangadhar Tilak never presided over a Congress session.
Hence, the answer is Womesh Chandra Banerjee.
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