Indian National Congress History & Sessions
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1885 – 99
Year |
Location |
President |
Importance |
28 Dec 1885 |
Bombay |
W C Bonnerji Secretary – A. O. Hume |
Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College, Bombay 72 delegates Dadabbhai Naoroji gave the name of INC |
27 Dec 1886 |
Calcutta |
Dadabhai Naoroji -1 |
Merger of National Congress and National Conference 434 delegates |
1887 |
Madras |
Badruddin Tyabji |
First Muslim President 1st Appeal to Muslims to join 1248 delegates |
1888 |
Allahabad |
George Yule |
1st English president |
1889 |
Bombay |
William Wedderburn |
2 times president, only Englishman British Committee of INC was established in Britain. |
1890 |
Calcutta |
Pherozeshah Mehta |
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1891 |
Nagpur |
P Ananda Charlu |
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1892 |
Allahabad |
W C Bonnerji |
 |
1893 |
Lahore |
Dadabhai Naoroji -2 |
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1894 |
Madras |
Alfred Webb |
 |
1895 |
Poona |
Surendranath Banerjee -1 |
 |
1896 |
Calcutta |
Rahimtullah M. Sayani |
National song ‘Vande Mataram’ sung for the first time by Rabindranath Tagore. |
1897 |
Amravati |
C Sankaran Nair |
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1898 |
Madras |
Ananda Mohan Bose |
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1899 |
Lucknow |
Romesh Chunder Dutt |
Demand for permanent fixation of land revenue |
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1900 – 15
1900 |
Lahore |
N G Chandavarkar |
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1901 |
Calcutta |
Dinshaw Wacha |
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1902 |
Ahmedabad |
Surendranath Banerjee – 2 |
 |
1903 |
Madras |
Lal Mohan Ghosh |
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1904 |
Bombay |
Sir Henry Cotton |
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1905 |
Benares |
Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
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1906 |
Calcutta |
Dadabhai Naoroji -3 |
‘Swaraj’ used for 1st time by president |
1907 |
Surat |
Rash Behari Ghosh -1 |
Party splits into extremists and moderates |
1908 |
Madras |
Rash Behari Ghosh -2 |
Constitution of INC drawn Previous session continued |
1909 |
Lahore |
Madan Mohan Malaviya |
Disapproval over separate electorates |
1910 |
Allahabad |
Sir William Wedderburn |
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1911 |
Calcutta |
Bishan Narayan Das |
Jana Gana Mana sung for the 1st time |
1912 |
Bankipore, Patna |
R N Mudholkar |
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1913 |
Karachi |
Syed Mohammed Bahadur |
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1914 |
Madras |
Bhupendra Nath Basu |
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1915 |
Bombay |
Satyendra Prasanna Sinha |
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1916 – 29
1916 |
Lucknow |
Ambica Charan Mazumdar |
Lucknow Pact singed Joint session with the Muslim League |
1917 |
Calcutta |
Annie Besant |
1st female president of INC |
1918 |
Bombay (special) |
Syed Hasan Imam |
Resolution on Women’s voting rights by Sarala Devi Chaudhurani |
Dec 1918 |
Delhi |
Madan Mohan Malaviya |
2nd Split in Congress on the issue of Montagu declaration. Resignation by S N Banerjee and some other |
1919 |
Amritsar |
Motilal Nehru |
New constitution of INC framed |
1920 |
Calcutta (Special) |
Lala Rajpat Rai |
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1920 |
Nagpur |
C Vijaya Raghavachariar |
Non-Cooperation resolution was moved by C. R. Das. Change in the constitution of Congress. Congress Working Committee (CWC) set up – 15 members. |
1921 |
Ahmedabad |
Hakim Ajmal Khan (Acting President ) |
C.R Das was in jail |
1922 |
Gaya |
C R Das |
Formation of Swaraj Party |
1923 |
Delhi (special) |
Abul Kalam Azad |
Azad was the youngest president |
1923 |
Coconada |
Maulana Muhammad Ali |
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1924 |
Belgaum |
M K Gandhi |
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1925 |
Kanpur |
Sarojini Naidu |
First Indian woman president |
1926 |
Guwahati |
S Srinivasa Iyengar |
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1927 |
Madras |
M A Ansari |
Independence resolution was passed for 1st time  |
1928 |
Calcutta |
Motilal Nehru |
All India Youth Congress formed  |
1929 |
Lahore |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
19 Dec – Resolution for Poorna Swaraj Civil disobedience movement for complete independence to be launched 26 Jan 1930 to be observed as ‘Independence Day’. |
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1930-48
1930 |
No session |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
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1931 |
Karachi |
Vallabhbhai Patel |
Resolution on fundamental rights Protection of language, culture & script of minorities Universal adult franchise Free and compulsory education National economic policy Gandhi-Irwin Pact endorsed Gandhiji nominated to represent INC in 2nd Round Table Conference |
1932 |
Delhi |
R Amritlal |
Congress banned |
1933 |
Calcutta |
Malaviya was elected But Mrs. Nellie Sengupta presided |
Congress banned |
1934 |
Bombay |
Rajendra Prasad |
Formation of Congress Socialist Party |
1935 |
No session |
Rajendra Prasad |
 |
1936 |
Lucknow |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
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1937 |
Faizpur, Jalgaon, Maharashtra |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
50th Session of INC 1st session is to be held in a village INC and All India Kisan Sabha joint session Agrarian policy added to Congress manifesto |
1938 |
Haripura, Bardoli, Gujrat |
Subhas Chandra Bose |
National Planning Committee set up under Nehru |
1939 |
Tripuri, MP |
Subhas Chandra Bose |
Bose had to resign since Gandhi supported Pattabhi Sitaramayya Instead, Rajendra Prasad was appointed |
1940Â |
Ramgarh |
Abul Kalam Azad |
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1941-45 |
 |
Abul Kalam Azad |
No session because of arrest |
1946 |
Meerut |
J B Kripalani |
Last session before independence |
1948 |
Jaipur |
Pattabhi Sitaramayya |
1st session after independence |
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