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National: - Jiya and Darsh

The Indian National Congress held its first session on December 28, 1885, in Bombay with 72 attendees, including social reformers and lawyers. The second session, led by Dadabhai Naoroji in Calcutta, saw an increase in delegates to 434 and the decision to establish Provincial Congress Committees. In 1917, Annie Besant became the first woman President of the Congress, emphasizing the importance of India's freedom and unity.

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National: - Jiya and Darsh

The Indian National Congress held its first session on December 28, 1885, in Bombay with 72 attendees, including social reformers and lawyers. The second session, led by Dadabhai Naoroji in Calcutta, saw an increase in delegates to 434 and the decision to establish Provincial Congress Committees. In 1917, Annie Besant became the first woman President of the Congress, emphasizing the importance of India's freedom and unity.

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National

- Jiya and Darsh


First Session of the Congress

On 28 December 1885, 72
social reformers, journalists
and lawyers congregated for
the first session of Indian
National Congress at Gokuldas
Tejpal Sanskrit College,
Bombay.
National 0
1
0
2
0
Second Session of the
Congress

The second session of the

0 Congress took place under the


leadership of Dadabhai

1 Naoroji in Calcutta.
number of delegates had
The

increased to 434. Towards the


end of the session, the
National 0 Congress decided to set up
Provincial Congress
2 Committees across the
country.
0
3
0
0 Dadabhai Naoroji becomes

1 the first Asian to be elected to


the British Parliament

0 The second session of the


Congress took place under the
2 leadership
Naoroji in
of Dadabhai
Calcutta. The
number of delegates had
National 0 increased to 434. Towards the
end of the session, the
3 Congress decided to set up
Provincial Congress
Committees across the
0 country.

4
0
0 First woman President

The Congress got its first woman


2 President at the Calcutta Session
0 in 1917: Annie Besant. "To see
India free, to see her hold up her
3 head among the Nations, to see
her sons and daughters
respected everywhere, to see

National 0 her worthy of her mighty Past,


engaged in building a yet
4 mightier future - is not this
worth working for, worth living
for and worth dying for? She

0 asked during her presidential


address.

5
12
0
AIMS:
3 • To promote friendly
relationships among national
0 workers at different parts of
the country.
4
• To develop and strengthen
National 0 feelings of national unity
throughout the country.
5
• To formulate popular
demands and place them
before the government.

• To train and organize public


opinion in the country.

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