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Who from the following persons did not join the Indian National Congress, but gave financial and other help to the freedom movement?(a) Jamnalal Bajaj(b) Vadilal Lallubhai Mehta(c) G.D. Birla(d) Lala Shankarlal(e) Walchand Hirachand

A.
(a), (b), (c) only
B.
(b), (c), (d) only
C.
(c) and (e) only
D.
(b) and (d) only

Solution:

The correct answer is (c) and (e) onlyImportant PointsIndian National Congress, byname Congress Party, broadly based political party of India was formed in 1885. The Indian National Congress was initially focused on moderate reform under the British raj in IndiaThe Indian National Congress conducted its first session in Bombay from 28 to 31 December 1885 at the initiative of retired Civil Services officer Allan Octavian Hume. Congress also included Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal, Lala Lajpat Rai, Gopal Krishna Gokhle, and Mohammed Ali Jinnah. Congress was transformed into a mass movement by Surendranath Banerjee during the partition of Bengal in 1905, and the resultant Swadeshi movement. Surendranath Banerjee was the founder of the Indian National Association but did not join the founding session of the Indian National Congress. ?So, Surendranath Banerjee could not attend the founding session of the Indian National Congress. Jamnalal BajajIn 1920, Jamanalal was elected chairman of the reception committee for the Nagpur session of the Indian National Congress. He gave up the title of Rai Bahadur conferred on him by the British government and joined the non-co-operation movement in 1921. Later, in 1923, he participated in the flag satyagraha, defying a ban on flying the national flag in Nagpur, and was detained by British forces. He was later elected a member of the Congress Working Committee and as the treasurer of Congress in 1933Vadilal Lallubhai MehtaAmritlal Hargovinddas was responsible for bringing truce between Katurbhai Lalbhai and Vadilal Lallubhai Mehta, both business rivals. He also had very close friendly relations with national leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Sardar Patel, Kanhaiyalal Munshi and others and donated freely for national purposes.

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