Who was the President of the 'Independence for India league' formed in 1928?

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The correct answer is Srinivasa Iyengar.

Jawaharlal Nehru along with Srinivasa Iyengar and Subhash Chandra Bose founded the Independence for India League in the year 1928 which put forth the demand for complete independence.
Srinivasa Iyengar was its first president.
Indian Independence League was a political organization operated from the 1920s to the 1940s to organize those living outside India into seeking the removal of British colonial rule over India.
The ‘Independence for India League’ was founded in opposition to the Nehru Report agreements.

Important Points

Rash Behari Bose	He played a crucial role in the Ghadar Revolution, a plan to attack the British army from the inside. He was the founding father of the Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauz) that Subhash Chandra Bose capitalized on later. The famous Bomb attack on Lord Hardinge by Rash Behari Bose. Japanese Government honored Rash Behari bose with ‘Second Order of the Merit of the Rising Sun’.
Jawaharlal Nehru	He was independent India’s first Prime Minister, he assumed the office in 1947. His birth anniversary is celebrated as 'Children's Day' in India because of his advocacy for the cause of children's education. He was popularly called Chacha Nehru by children.
Subhas Chandra Bose	Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose was born on January 23, 1897, in Orissa, Bengal division. Netaji with the help of Japan organized the Azad Hind Fauj or Indian National Army (INA). He also established the Azad Hind Radio station in Germany. His famous speech ‘Give me blood, and I shall give you freedom!’ was made in Burma in 1944 to members of the Indian National Army.