Indian National Congress (INC) Sessions before Independence
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Allan Octavian Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji and Dinshaw Edulji Wacha. Indian National Congress was founded on 28 December 1885.
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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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 (Patna) |
Raghunath Narasinha 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 |
First woman president of the INC |
|
1918 |
Bombay And Delhi |
Syed Hasan Imam (Bombay) And Madan Mohan Malaviya (Delhi) |
Two sessions were held. First in Bombay in August/September Second in Delhi in December |
|
1919 |
Amritsar |
Motilal Nehru |
|
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1920 |
Nagpur |
C Vijayaraghavachariar |
– |
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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 |
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 |
– |
|
1936 |
Lucknow |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
– |
|
1936 |
Faizpur |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
First rural session/first session to be held in a village |
|
1938 |
Haripura |
Subhas Chandra Bose |
National Planning Committee set up under Nehru |
|
1939 |
Tripuri |
Subhas Chandra Bose |
Bose was elected but had to resign since Gandhi supported Pattabhi Sitaramayya. Rajendra Prasad was appointed |
|
1940 |
Ramgarh |
Abul Kalam Azad |
– |
|
1946 |
Meerut |
Acharya Kripalani |
Last session before independence |