At the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress (INC) held in $1906$ the flag of Swaraj for India was unfurled by _______.

A.O. Hume

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Dadabhai Naoroji

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G.K. Gokhale

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B.G. Tilak

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Solution

The correct option is B Dadabhai Naoroji
Calcutta session of 1906, under the leadership of Dadabhai Naoroji, Congress adopted 'Swaraj' as the Goal of Indian people. Here self government or swaraj meant obtaining the self governing British Colonies. This meaning of swaraj was completely different from that of extremist, this became one of the reasons for the upcoming split in Congress.

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