List Of Indian National Congress Sessions & Their Presidents

List Of Indian National Congress Sessions & Their Presidents – Here Is The list Of all Important Indian National Congress Sessions With Location & President Of That Particular Session. You Can Check Full Details From Table Given Below. Allan Octavian Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji and Dinshaw Edulji Wacha. Indian National Congress was founded on 28 December 1885.

• The Indian National Congress (INC) was formed on – 28 December 1885.
• Father of Indian National Congress – retired Civil Service officer Allan Octavian Hume.
• The Viceroy of India at the time of formation of the Indian National Congress – Lord Dufferin.
• Lord Dufferin told that Indian National Congress represents only microscopic minorities.
• The Indian National Congress conducted its first session in Bombay from 28 to 31 December 1885.
• Originally the first session of the INC was proposed at Poona, but because of an outbreak of plague in Poona, the venue was shifted to Bombay.
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List Of Indian National Congress Sessions & Their Presidents

Session	Place	Date	President
1st	Bombay	1885	Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
2nd	Calcutta	1886	Dadabhai Naoroji
3rd	Madras	1887	Badruddin Tyabji
4th	Allahabad	1888	George Yule
5th	Bombay	1889	Sir William Wedderburn
6th	Calcutta	1890	Pherozeshah Mehta
7th	Nagpur	1891	P. Ananda Charlu
8th	Allahabad	1892	Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
9th	Lahore	1893	Dadabhai Naoroji
10th	Madras	1894	Alfred Webb
11th	Pune	1895	Surendranath Banerjee
12th	Calcutta	1896	Rahimatullah M. Sayani
13th	Amraoti	1897	C. Sankaran Nair
14th	Madras	1898	Ananda Mohan Bose
15th	Lucknow	1899	Romesh Chunder Dutt
16th	Lahore	1900	N.G. Chandavarkar
17th	Calcutta	1901	Dinshaw Eduljee Wacha
18th	Ahmedabad	1902	Surendranath Banerjee
19th	Madras	1903	Lal Mohan Ghosh
20th	Bombay	1903	Sir Henry Cotton
21st	Banaras	1905	Gopal Krishna Gokhale
22nd	Calcutta	1906	Shri Dadabhai Naoroji
23rd (Suspended)	Surat	1907	Rash Behari Ghosh
23rd	Madras	1908	Rash Behari Ghosh
24th	Lahore	1909	Madan Mohan Malaviya
25th	Allahabad	1910	Sir William Wedderburn
26th	Calcutta	1911	Bishan Narayan Dar
27th	Bankipore	1912	Shri Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar
28th	Karachi	1913	Nawab Syed Mohammed Bahadur
29th	Madras	1914	Bhupendra Nath Bose
30th	Bombay	1915	Satyendra Prasanna Sinha
31st	Lucknow	1916	Ambica Charan Mazumdar
32nd	Calcutta	1917	Annie Besant
33rd	Delhi	1918	Madan Mohan Malaviya
(Special Session)	Bombay	1918	Romesh Chunder Dutt
34th	Amritsar	1919	Motilal Nehru
35th	Nagpur	1920	C. Vijayaraghavachariar
36th	Ahmedabad	1921	Hakim Ajmal Khan (Acting President for C.R. Das)
37th	Gaya	1922	Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das
Special	Delhi	1923	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
39th	Belgaum	1924	M.K. Gandhi
40th	Cawnpore	1925	Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
41st	Gawahati	1926	S. Srinivasa Iyengar
42nd	Madras	1927	M.A. Ansari
43rd	Calcutta	1929	Motilal Nehru
44th	Lahore	1929	Pt Jawaharlal Nehru
45th	Karachi	1931	Vallabbhai J. Patel
47th	Calcutta	1933	Mrs. Nellie Sengupta
48th	Bombay	1934	Dr. Rajendra Prasad
49th	Lucknow	1936	Pt Jawaharlal Nehru
50th	Faizpur	1937	Pt Jawaharlal Nehru
51st	Haripura	1938	Subhash Chandra Bose
52nd	Tripura	1939	Subhash Chandra Bose
53rd	Ramgarh	1940	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
…..	…..	1941- 45	No session because of arrest
54th	Meerut	1946	J.B. Kripalani
55th	Jaipur	1948	Pattabhi Sitaramayya

INC Sessions & Key Events Held

Session	Year	Place	President	Important Points
1st	25 December, 1885	Bombay	WC Banerjee	General Secretary – A. O. Hume Dadabbhai Naoroji gave the name INC Exact Venue – Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College, Bombay Number of delegates – 72
2nd	1886	Kolkata	Dadabhai Naoroji	Merger of National Congress and Indian National Association Number of delegates – 436
3rd	1887	Madras	Badruddin Tyabji	First Muslim President of Indian National Congress Number of delegates – 1248 the First appeal to Muslims to join
4th	1888	Allahabad	George Yule	First English president of the Indian National Congress
5th	1889	Bombay	William Wedderburn	Second English president of Indian National Congress after George Yule
7th	1891	Nagpur	P. Anand Charlu	The word “National” was added to Congress.
12th	1896	Calcutta	Rahimtulla M Sayani	National Song Vande Mataram was sung for the first time.
15th	1899	Lucknow	Romesh Chunder Dutt	Demand for permanent fixation of land revenue
22nd	1906	Kolkata	Dadabhai Naoroji	The word ‘Swaraj’ was used the first time.
23rd (Suspended)	1907	Surat	Rasbihari Ghosh	Surat Split – Indian National Congress split into two parts  – Moderates and Extremists.
23rd	1908	Madras	Rasbihari Ghosh	Formation of the Constitution of the Indian National Congress
24th	1909	Lahore	Madan Mohan Malaviya	Disapproval over separate electorates.
26th	1911 (27 Dec.)	Kolkata	Bishan Narayan Das	Jana Gana Mana sung for the first time
31st	1916	Lucknow	Ambica Charan Mazumdar	Lucknow Pact signed Joint session with the Muslim League Reunite of Extremist and Moderate.
32nd	1917	Calcutta	Annie Besant	First woman President of Indian National Congress.
Special Session	1918	Bombay	Syed Hasan Imam	The session was convened to deliberate the contentious Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms Scheme
34th	1919	Amritsar	Motilal Nehru	Jallianwala Bagh massacre strongly condemned. The procession was jointly led by the Congress President, Motilal Nehru, and the Muslim League President, Hakim Ajmal Khan.
35th	1920	Nagpur	C Vijaya Raghavachariar	Finally passed the Non-cooperation resolution. Formation of Congress Working Committee (CWC) – 15 members
37th	1922	Gaya	Chittaranjan Das	The Swarajya Party formed
special session	1923	Delhi	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad	Indian National Congress decided to establish the All India Khadi Board. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was the youngest president of the Indian National Congress
39th	1924	Belgaum	Mahatma Gandhi	Only session presided by Mahatma Gandhi.
40th	1925	Kanpur	Sarojini Naidu	First Indian woman president of Indian National Congress.
41st	1926	Gauhati	S Srinivasa Iyengar	Wearing Khadi was made compulsory for its workers.
42nd	1927	Madras	M A Ansari	Adopted a significant resolution against the use of Indian troops in China, Mesopotamia, and Persia. Proposals to Boycott Simon Commission. Independence resolution was passed for the 1st time.
43rd	1928	Calcutta	Motilal Nehru	First All India Youth Congress was established.
44th	1929	Lahore	Jawaharlal Nehru	Resolution for Poorna Swaraj. Civil disobedience movement for complete independence to be launched 26 Jan 1930 to be observed as ‘Independence Day.
45th	1931	Karachi	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel	Resolutions on Fundamental Rights. National Economic Policy was passed. To endorse the Gandhi-Irwin Pact. Protection of language, culture & script of minorities. Universal adult franchise Free and compulsory education Gandhi-Irwin Pact endorsed Gandhiji nominated to represent INC in 2nd Round Table Conference
30th	1932	Delhi	R Amritlal	Congress boycotted the third Round Table Conference. Poona Pact (24 Sept. 1932)
48th	1934	Bombay	Rajendra Prasad	Formation of Congress Socialist Party
50th	1937	Faizpur	Jawaharlal Nehru	First session to be held in a village INC and All India Kisan Sabha joint session Agrarian policy added to Congress manifesto
51st	1938	Haripura (Gujarat)	Subhas Chandra Bose	National Planning Committee set up under Nehru
52nd	1939	Tripuri	Subhas Chandra Bose (Re-elected)	Tripuri is a small village in Madhya Pradesh. Subhas Chandra Bose becomes President by defeating Pattabhi Sitaramaiyya. Formation of Forwarding bloc within the congress.
53rd	1940	Ramgarh	Abul Kalam Azad	Decision was taken to start Individual Satyagraha. Youngest President.
54th	1946	Meerut	J. B. Kripalani	First session before independence
55th	1948	Jaipur	Pattabhi Sitaramayya	First session after independence