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The document details the history of the Indian National Congress from 1885-1937 including the year, location, president, and importance of each session. It provides a comprehensive overview of the INC's early development and leadership.

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Indian National Congress Sessions

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Indian National Congress Sessions

Indian National Congress founders: Allan Octavian Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji and
Dinshaw Edulji Wacha. Indian National Congress was founded on 28 December 1885.

Year Location President Importance

1885 Bombay W C Bonnerjee 1st session attended by 72 delegates

1886 Calcutta Dadabhai Naoroji National Congress and National Conference

1887 Madras Syed Badruddin Tyabji Appeal made to Muslims to join hands with
other national leaders

1888 Allahabad George Yule First English president

1889 Bombay Sir William Wedderburn –

1890 Calcutta Feroz Shah Mehta –

1891 Nagpur P. Ananda Charlu –

1892 Allahabad W C Bonnerjee –

1893 Lahore Dadabhai Naoroji –

1894 Madras Alfred Webb –

1895 Poona Surendranath Banerjee –


1896 Calcutta Rahimtullah M. Sayani National song ‘Vande Mataram’ sung for the
first time

1897 Amravati C. Sankaran Nair –

1898 Madras Ananda Mohan Bose –

1899 Lucknow Romesh Chandra Dutt –

1900 Lahore N G Chandavarkar –

1901 Calcutta Dinshaw E. Wacha –

1902 Ahmedabad Surendranath Banerjee –

1903 Madras Lal Mohan Ghosh –

1904 Bombay Sir Henry Cotton –

1905 Benares Gopal Krishna Gokhale Expressed resentment against the partition of
Bengal

1906 Calcutta Dadabhai Naoroji The word ‘Swaraj’ was mentioned for the first
time

1907 Surat Rash Behari Ghosh Party splits into extremists and moderates

1908 Madras Rash Behari Ghosh Previous session continued

1909 Lahore Madan Mohan Malaviya Indian Councils Act, 1909


1910 Allahabad Sir William Wedderburn –

1911 Calcutta Bishan Narayan Dhar ‘Jana Gana Mana’ sung for the first time

1912 Bankipore Raghunath Narasinha –


(Patna) Mudholkar

1913 Karachi Syed Mohammed –

1914 Madras Bhupendra Nath Basu –

1915 Bombay Satyendra Prasanna Sinha –

1916 Lucknow Ambica Charan Mazumdar Lucknow Pact – joint session with the Muslim
League

1917 Calcutta Annie Besant (1847 – 1933) First woman president of the INC

1918 Bombay And Syed Hasan Imam (Bombay) Two sessions were held. First in Bombay in
Delhi And Madan Mohan Malaviya August/September Second in Delhi in
(Delhi) December

1919 Amritsar Motilal Nehru Jallianwala Bagh massacre strongly


condemned

1920 Nagpur C Vijayaraghavachariar –

1921 Ahmedabad Hakim Ajmal Khan (acting –


President For C R Das)

1922 Gaya C R Das –

1923 Kakinada Maulana Mohammad Ali, –


1924 Belgaum M K Gandhi –

1925 Kanpur Sarojini Naidu (1879 – 1949) First Indian woman president

1926 Guwahati S Srinivasa Iyengar –

1927 Madras M A Ansari –

1928 Calcutta Motilal Nehru All India Youth Congress formed

1929 Lahore Jawaharlal Nehru Resolution for ‘Poorna Swaraj.’ Civil


Disobedience movement for complete
independence to be launched, 26 January to be
observed as ‘Independence Day’.

1930 No Session – –

1931 Karachi Vallabhbhai Patel Resolution on fundamental rights and national


economic progress. Gandhi-Irwin pact
endorsed. Gandhi nominated to represent INC
in the second round table conference

1932 Delhi Amrit Ranchhorddas Seth –

1933 Calcutta Malaviya Was Elected But –


Mrs Nellie Sengupta
Presided

1934 Bombay Rajendra Prasad –

1937 Lucknow Jawaharlal Nehru –

1936 Faizpur Jawaharlal Nehru First rural session/first session to be held in a


village

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