Indian National Congress Annual Sessions -Full Detailed.

1st Session : 1885     President : W.C Bonnerji      Place : Bombay

—> First session of Indian National Congress .

—> Attented By 72 delegates .

—> Objectives of Congress was outlined at this session.

—>G.Subramania Iyer moved the first resolution in the first session of INC.

 

2nd Session : 1886    president : Dadabhai Naoroji   place : Calcutta

—> Attented by 436 members.

—> Merger of Indian National Congress and Indian National Conference .

—>Leaders of Bengal joined INC.

—>Proposal of Parliamentary Congress.

 

3rd Session:1887   president : Syed Badruddin Tyabji   Place : Madras

—> First Muslim President selected at President of INC.

—> An appeal made to the Muslims to join hands with other National Leaders.

—> First time INC session moved to southern India.

 

4th Session : 1888   President : George Yule   Place : Allahabad 

—> First English President in INC.

 

5th Session : 1889   President : William Wedderburn   Place : Bombay

—>Set up British India Committe to raise awareness of India Issues to the public of Britain.

 

6th Session : 1890   President : Pheroz Shah Mehta   Place : Calcutta

—> Kadambini Ganguly ,the first women graduate of Calcutta University ,addressed the Congress session.

7th Session : 1891:   President : P.Ananda Charlu   Place : Nagpur

 

8th Session : 1892   President : W.C .Bonnerji     Place : Allahabad 

—> W.C. Bonnerji  selected as the president of INC for the second time.( first president who elected twice as president of INC ).

—> Nationalist totally dissatisfied with Indian Councils Act 1892.

 

9th Session : 1893    President  Dadabhai Naoriji      Place : Lahore 

—> First session at Lahore .

 

10th Session : 1894   President : Alfred Webb     Place : Madras

 

11th Session : 1895     President : Surendranath Banerjee     Place : Poona

 

12th Session : 1896     President :Rahimtula Sayani     Place : Calcutta 

—> The song Vande Mataram(National Song) was first sung in this assembly session.

 

13th Session : 1897     President : C.Sankaran Nair     Place : Amravati

—> First Keralite and only Keralite to hold the president of INC.

 

14th Session : 1898     President : Anand Mohan Bose    Place : Madras 

 

15th Session : 1899     President : Romesh Chandra Dutt     Place : Lucknow

—> demanded permanent fixation of land revenue.

 

16th Session : 1900     President : N.G .Chandavarker     Place : Lahore

—> N.G.chandavarker was a Hindu reformer ,worked in judicial system (Bombay High Court ).

 

17th Session : 1901     President : Dinshaw E.Wacha     Place : Calcutta 

 

18th Session : 1902     President : Surendranath Banerjee       Place : Ahmedabad

 

19th Session : 1903     President : Lal Mohan Ghosh      Place : Madras 

—> Lal Mohan Ghosh was a eminent Bengali Barrister .

 

20th Session : 1904      President : Henry Cotton       Place : Bombay

—> Henry Cotton was an Indian Civil Servant and was sympathetic to Indian Nationalism.

 

21st Session : 1905     President : Gopal Krishna Gokhale     Place : Benaras

—>The assembly expressed their resentment against the partition of Bengal.

 

22nd Session : 1906    President : Dadabhai Naoroji     Place : Calcutta 

—> Put forward the claim for swarajya or self government within the British Empire on the model of self governing colonies like Australia and Canada.

 

23rd Session : 1907     President : Rash Behari Ghosh     Place : Surat

—> Split in the Indian National Congress into the Moderates and Extremists called as “surat Split”.

—> Rash Behari Ghosh himself a Moderates and totally opposed Extremists.

 

24th Session : 1908     President : Rash Behari Ghosh     Place : Madras 

—> constitution of the congress drawn.

 

25th Session : 1909     President : Madan Mohan Malaviya      Place : Lahore

—> Opposed Minto-Morley Reforms or Indian Councils Act 1909.

—> Totally disapproved separate electorate on the basis of Religion.

 

26th Session : 1910     President : William Wedderburn      Place : Allahabad 

 

27th Session : 1911     President : Bishan Narayan Dhar     Place : Calcutta

—> Partition of Bengal was revoked.

—> National Anthem of India “Jana Gana Mana ” first sung in this session .

 

28th Session : 1912     President : R.N .Mudholkar     Place : Bankipur

 

29th Session :1913     President : Syed Mohammed      Place : Karachi

 

30th Session : 1914     President : Bhupendranath Basu     Place : Madras

 

31st Session : 1915      President : S.P.Sinha     Place : Bombay 

—> S.P Sinha was the fisrt governor of Bihar and Orissa ,First Indian Advocate general of Bengal.

—> S.P Sinha also was the first Indian to became a member of Viceroy’s Executive Council.

 

32nd Session : 1916     President : A.C .Majumdar      Place : Lucknow

—>The coming together of the Muslim League and the Congress and the presentation of common demands by them to the government.

—> Thus Lucknow Pact was signed between Muslim league and Congress.

 

33rd Session : 1917      President : Annie Besant     Place : Calcutta

—> First women president of INC.

 

34th Session : 1918      President : Madan Mohal Malaviya      Place : Delhi

 

Special Session Of INC 1918    President : Syed Hasan Imam     Place : Bombay

 

35th Session : 1919      President : Motilal Nehru     Place : Amristar 

—> condemned  the Jallianwalla massacre

—-> Supported the Khilafat Movement .

 

Special Session of INC : 1920    President :Lala Lajpat Rai        Place: Calcutta   

—> Only time Lala Lajpat Rai  hold the president of INC

—> Approved Non Cooperation Program.

 

36th Session : 1920     President : C.Vijayaraghachariar      Place : Nagpur

—> New Constitution of INC was formed.

—>The program Non Cooperation was endorsed .

—>A Congress Working Committee of 15 members was set up to lead the congress from now on wards.

—> Provincial congress committee on linguistic basis were organised.

 

37th Session : 1921     President : Hakim Ajmal Khan     Place : Ahmadabad 

—> Initially C.R Das was selected as president of INC.As C.R Das went Jail,Hakim Ajmal Khan took over the president of INC as Acting President.

 

38th Session : 1922      President : C.R.Das    Place : Gaya 

—> The Swarajya party was formed within the Congress.

—> Ideology split —–Pro Changers and No Changers.

 

39th Session : 1923    President : Maulana Mohammed Ali      Place : Kakinada

—> Maulana Mohammed Ali was one the founders and president of All India Muslim League.

—>The Leader who hold the president of Both INC and All India Muslim League – Maulana Mohammed Ali.

 

40th Session : 1924      President : M.K .Gandhi        Place : Belgaum

—> The only time M.K.Gandhi hold the president of INC.

 

41st Session : 1925     President : Sarojini Naidu      Place : Kanpur

—> Sarojini Naidu – 1st Indian women President ,known as Nightingale Of India

 

42nd Session :1926      President : S.Srinivasa Iyenger     Place : Guwahati

—> First time session happened in North East India.

—> Srinivasa Iyenger also a President of Swarajya Party.

 

43rd Session : 1927      President : M.A .Ansari      Place : Madras

—> The Independence resolution adopted .

—>Resolved to boycott the Simon Commission.

 

44th Session : 1928      President : Motilal Nehru      Place : Calcutta 

—> The first All India Youth Congress came into being

—> Nehru Committee report – A Draft Constitution was prepared .This report was submitted on August 28,1928 at the Lucknow conference of all parties.Jinnah voted against this report.

 

45th Session : 1929      President : Jawaharlal Nehru      Place : Lahore

—> Purna Swaraj Resolution Passed for full Independence.

—> Authorised the Congress Working Committee to Launch Civil Disobedience Programme.

 

46th Session :1931     President : Vallabhbhai Patel        Place : Karachi 

—> Endorsement of Gandhi-Irwin Pact.

—>Fundemental Rights and National Economic Programme Resolution Passed in this Session.

 

47th Session :1932      President : Amrit Ranchhorddas Seth      Place : Delhi

 

48th Session : 1933       President : Nellie Sengupta      Place : Calcutta 

 

49th Session : 1934        President : Rajendra Prasad    Place : Bombay

 

50th Session : 1936       President : Jawaharlal Nehru       Place :Lucknow 

—>The president urged the Congress to adopt Socialism as its goal.

 

51st Session : 1936       President : Jawaharlal Nehru      Place : Faizpur

—>The Session held in a Village for the first time.

 

52nd Session : 1938     President :Subhash Chandra Bose      Place : Haripura

—> National planning Committee was setup under the chairmanship of Jawaharlal Nehru.

 

53rd Session : 1939      President : Subhash Chandra Bose    Place : Tripuri 

—> Rajendra Prasad took over as president after S.C Bose resigned.

 

54th Session : 1940       President : Maulana Abul Kalam Azad      Place :Ramgarh 

 

55th Session : 1946     President : Acharya J.B.Kripalani      Place : Meerut 

 

56th Session :1948       President : Pattabi Sittaramayya      Place : jaipur

 

Note : 1930,1935,1941-1945 -Sessions Not Held.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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