Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress?
Badruddin Tyabji
Badruddin Tyabji is correct.
Badruddin Tyabji, a Bombay barrister and one of the founders of the Bombay Presidency Association, presided over the third session of the Indian National Congress held at Madras in 1887, becoming its first Muslim president.
Dadabhai Naoroji was a Parsi leader who presided in 1886, 1893 and 1906. Nawab Syed Muhammad Bahadur presided in 1913 and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad in 1923 and 1940, both well after Tyabji.
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