INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS SESSIONS

In this article, we are providing the detailed account of all the sessions of the Indian National Congress. Having the knowledge about the events associated with the INC sessions along with their year, place and president is of utmost importance for almost all competitive exams. Generally the questions are frequently asked from this topic so keep them at your tips.

Indian National Congress Sessions

• The Indian National Congress was founded by Allan Octavian Hume. It was established at Bombay on 28 December, 1985.

• Formation of INC was an attempt in the direction of  encouraging the nation building process.

• The prime objective behind it’s formation was to acquire a greater share in the government for learned and educated Indians and to develop a platform for the civic and political dialogue between the educated Indians and the British Raj.

• The Congress session were conducted in different parts of the country to enhance the outreach to all regions.

➔ The table illustrates the complete list of INC Sessions :

Year	Location	President	Remarks
1885	Bombay	W.C.Bannerji	72 delegates attended the First Session
1886	Calcutta	Dadabhai Naoroji	National Conference
1887	Madras	Syed Badruddin Tyabji	First Muslim President of Indian National Congress
1888	Allahabad	George Yule	First session to be presided by English President
1896	Calcutta	Rahimtullah M. Sayani	The National Song ‘Vande Mataram’ was sung for the first time.
1899	Lucknow	Romesh Chandra Dutt	Demand for permanent fixation of Land Revenue
1901	Calcutta	Dinshaw E. Wacha	First time Gandhiji marked his presence on the Congress platform
1905	Benares	Gopal Krishna Gokhale	Expressed dissatisfaction against the Partition of Bengal Formal proclamation of Swadeshi Movement against Government
1906	Calcutta	Dadabhai Naoroji	The term ‘Swaraj’ was coined by Dadabhai Nairoji
1907	Surat	Rash Behari Ghosh	Split in Congress – Moderates and Extremist Moderates led by Gokhale and Extremist led by Tilak
1910	Allahabad	Sir William Wedderburn	M.A. Jinnah condemned the separate electorate system for minorities that was introduced by Act of 1909
1911	Calcutta	Bishan Narayan Dhar	The National Anthem ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’ recited for the first time
1916	Lucknow	Ambica Charan Mazumdar	Lucknow Pact signed Congress and Muslim League clasped hands to build political consensus Merger/Reunion of Congress
1917	Calcutta	Annie Besant	First session to be presided by a Lady
1918 Special Session	Bombay (August) Delhi (Sept.)	Syed Hasan Imam (Bombay)   Madan Mohan Malaviya (Delhi)	Special session was called to discuss Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms
1919	Amritsar	Motilal Nehru	Extension of support to Khilafat Movement by Congress Condemnation of Jalliawala Bagh Massacre
1920 Special Session	Calcutta	Lala Lajpat Rai	Gandhiji moved the Non-cooperation Resolution
1922	Gaya	C. R. Das	C.R. Das and other leaders left the Congress Formation of Swaraj Party
1924	Belgaum	M. K. Gandhi	The only session where Gandhiji was the President of Congress
1925	Kanpur	Sarojini Naidu	First Indian Woman President
1927	Madras	Dr. M.A. Ansari	Adoption of Resolution on ‘Purna Swaraj’
1928	Calcutta	Motilal Nehru	Formation of All India Youth Congress
1929	Lahore	Jawaharlal Nehru	Resolution for ‘Purna Swaraj’ was passed Civil Disobedience movement for complete independence to be launched 26 January was decided to be observed as ‘Independence Day of India’
1931	Karachi	Vallabhbhai Patel	Resolution on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Progress was passed Gandhi-Irwin pact endorsed Gandhi was nominated to represent INC in the second round table conference  to be held in London
1934	Bombay	Rajendra Prasad	Amendment in the Constituition of Congress
1936	Lucknow	Jawahar Lal Nehru	Nehru put forward the idea of Socialism
1937	Faizpur	Jawahar Lal Nehru	First Rural Session
1938	Haripura	Subhas Chandra Bose	National Planning Committee was set up under Nehru
1939	Tripuri	Rajendra Prasad	S.C. Bose was re-elected but had to resign Rajendra Prasad was appointed in his place Bose formed Forward Bloc
1940	Ramgarh	Abul Kalam Azad	Longest serving President under British rule
1946	Meerut	J.B. Kripalani	Last session after Independence
1948	Jaipur	Dr, Pattabhi Sitaramayya	First session after Independence

Key Points – Indian National Congress

◆The first president of Congress was by Wyomesh Chandra Banerjee.

◆The first session of INC was held from 28–31 December,1885 in Mumbai and was attended by 72 delegates.

◆The sessions of Congress were held at the gap of a year.

◆Maximum Number of Congress session held in Calcutta.

◆The first woman president of the INC was Mrs Annie Besant.

◆The first Indian woman president of the INC was MrsSarojini Naidu.

◆The first Englishman president of INC was George Yule.

◆The first Muslim president of the INC was Badruddin Tayabji.

◆Mahatma Gandhi presided over the Belgaum session of INC in 1924.

◆The president of INC at the time of India's independence was Acharya JB Kriplani.

 

 

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