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Congress
When and Where President Importance
Sessions

• Objectives of
1st Session Dec. 28-30, 1885—Bombay W C Bonnerjee the Congress
outlined.

• Merger of
National
2nd Session Dec. 27-30, 1886—Calcutta Dadabhai Naoroji Congress
and National
Conference.

• Tayabji became
first Muslim
President.
3rd Session Dec. 27-30, 1887—Madras Syed Badruddin Tyabji • Appeal was made
to the Muslims to
join hands with
other national
leaders.

• George Yule
became
4th Session Dec. 26-29, 1888—Allahabad George Yule
first English
President.
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Congress
When and Where President Importance
Sessions

• Congress
Sir William represented all
5 Session
th
Dec. 26-28, 1889—Bombay
Wedderburn areas of British
India.

• Decision taken to
organize session
6th Session Dec. 26-30, 1890—Calcutta Pherozeshah Mehta
of congress in
London

7th Session Dec. 28-30, 1891—Nagpur P. Ananda Charlu

Womesh Chandra
8th Session Dec. 28-30, 1892—Allahabad
Bonnerjee

9th Session Dec. 27-30, 1893—Lahore Shri Dadabhai Naoroji

10th Session Dec. 26-29, 1894—Madras Alfred Webb

• Demand of a
representative
11 Session
th
Dec. 27-30, 1895—Pune Surendranath Banerjee
body only for
educated class.

• National song
‘Vande Mataram’
12th Session Dec. 28-31, 1896—Calcutta Rahimatullah M. Sayani
sung for the first
time

13th Session Dec. 27-29, 1897—Amraoti C. Sankaran Nair

• Social reform
14th Session Dec. 29-31, 1898—Madras Ananda Mohan Bose was set as the
main goal.

• Demand for
permanent
15th Session Dec. 27-29, 1899—Lucknow Romesh Chunder Dutt
fixation of land
revenue.

16th Session Dec. 27-29, 1900—Lahore N.G. Chandavarkar

Dinshaw Eduljee
17th Session Dec. 26-28, 1901—Calcutta
Wacha

18th Session Dec. 28-30, 1902—Ahmedabad Surendranath Banerjee

19th Session Dec. 28-30, 1903—Madras Lal Mohan Ghosh

20th Session Dec. 26-28, 1903—Bombay Sir Henry Cotton

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Congress
When and Where President Importance
Sessions

• The Congress
expressed
resentment
21st Session Dec. 27-30, 1905—Banaras Gopal Krishna Gokhale
against the
partition of
Bengal.

• The word ‘Swaraj’

22nd Session Dec. 26-29, 1906—Calcutta Shri Dadabhai Naoroji mentioned for
the first time.

• Split in the
23rd Session Congress into the
Dec. 26-27, 1907—Surat Rash Behari Ghosh
(Suspended) Moderates and
the Extremists.

• Constitution for
23rd Session Dec. 28-30, 1908—Madras Rash Behari Ghosh the Congress
formed.

• Expressed
disapproval
over formation
of separate
Madan Mohan
24th Session Dec. 27-29, 1909—Lahore electorates on the
Malaviya
basis of religion
(of the Indian
Councils Act,
1909).

Sir William
25th Session Dec. 26-29, 1910—Allahabad
Wedderburn

• National Anthem
‘Jana Gana
26th Session Dec. 26-28, 1911—Calcutta Bishan Narayan Dar
Mana’ sung for
the first time

Shri Raghunath
27th Session Dec. 26-28, 1912—Bankipore
Narasinha Mudholkar

Nawab Syed
28th Session Dec. 26-28, 1913—Karachi
Mohammed Bahadur

29th Session Apr. 14-15, 1914—Madras Bhupendra Nath Bose

Satyendra Prasanna
30th Session Dec. 27-29, 1915—Bombay
Sinha
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Congress
When and Where President Importance
Sessions

• Merger/Reunion
of Congress
(Reunion of
extremists and
Ambica Charan
31st Session Dec. 26-30, 1916—Lucknow moderates).
Mazumdar
• Lucknow pact
– joint session
with the Muslim
league.

• Annie Besant
became
32 Session
nd
Dec. 26-29, 1917—Calcutta Annie Besant
1st women
President.

Madan Mohan
33rd Session Dec. 26-30, 1918—Delhi
Malaviya

Special
Aug. 29-01, 1918—Bombay Syed Hasan Imam
Session

• Jallianwalla
Bagh Massacre
was condemned.
34th Session Dec. 26-30, 1919—Amritsar Motilal Nehru
• Boosted the
Khilafat
Movement.

• Gandhian
programme was
adopted.
35th Session Dec. 26-30, 1920—Nagpur C. Vijayaraghavachariar • A new
constitution of
the Congress is
formed.

Hakim Ajmal Khan • Harsat Mohani

(Acting President for demanded
36 Session
th
Dec. 27-28, 1921—Ahmedabad
C.R. Das who was in for complete
prison) independence.

Deshbandhu • The Swarajya

37th Session Dec. 26-31, 1922—Gaya
Chittaranjan Das Party formed.

• Maulana Abul
Kalam Azad
Special Maulana Abul Kalam
Sep. 04-08, 1923—Delhi became the
Session Azad
youngest
president of INC
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Congress
When and Where President Importance
Sessions

• The only session

where Gandhi
39 Session
th
Dec. 26-27, 1924—Belgaum M.K. Gandhi
Ji was the
President of INC

• First Indian
Apr. 15-17, 1925—Cawnpore
40th Session Mrs. Sarojini Naidu Woman
(Kanpur)
President of INC

41st Session Dec. 26-28, 1926—Gawahati S. Srinivasa Iyengar

• Nehru and S.C.

Bose moved
resolution for
42nd Session Dec. 26-28, 1927—Madras M.A. Ansari
independence
and it was passed
for the 1st time.

• Resolved
to boycott
the Simon
Commission.

• The first All India

43rd Session Dec. 29-01, 1928—Calcutta Motilal Nehru Youth Congress
came into being.

• The resolution
for Poorna
Swaraj was
passed.
• Civil
Disobedience
Movement
44th Session Apr. 16-18, 1929—Lahore Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru for complete
independence to
be launched.
• 26th January was
decided to be
celebrated as
‘Independence
Day of India.’

• Resolution on
Fundamental
Rights and
National
45th Session Mar. 21-31, 1931—Karachi Vallabbhai J. Patel Economic
Progress was
passed.
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Congress
When and Where President Importance
Sessions

• Gandhi-Irwin
pact was
endorsed, and
Gandhi Ji was
nominated to
represent INC in
the second round
table conference.

47th Session Sep. 12-14, 1933—Calcutta Mrs. Nellie Sengupta

• Formation
48th Session Oct. 24-28, 1934—Bombay Dr. Rajendra Prasad of Congress
Socialist Party.

• The President
urged the
49th Session Jun. 18-20, 1936—Lucknow Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru Congress to
adopt socialism
as its goal.

• The session held

in a village for
the first time.
50th Session Jul. 12-14, 1937—Faizpur Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru
• Demand for
Constituent
Assembly.

• National
Planning
Committee set
up under Jawahar
Lal Nehru.
Subhash Chandra • Haripura
51st Session Feb. 19-21, 1938—Haripura Resolution
Bose
passed, which
demanded
Poorna Swaraj,
including the
princely states as
well.

• S.C. Bose
resigned due to
difference with
Gandhi.
52nd Session Mar. 10-12, 1939—Tripura Subhash Chandra Bose • Rajendra Prasad
took over as
president after
Subhas Chandra
resigned.
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Congress
When and Where President Importance
Sessions

• He was the
longest serving
President of INC
Maulana Abul Kalam during British
53rd Session Mar. 19-20, 1940—Ramgarh Rule.
Azad
• Quit India
Movement
started in 1942.

• Last session
54th Session Nov. 23-24, 1946—Meerut J.B. Kripalani before Indian
Independence

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