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During the British rule, the Indian National Congress (INC) arose like a shiny ray of
hope for India. With its very first meeting, it overshadowed all the other political
associations established earlier to it. Gradually, Indians from all walks of life joined
the INC and made it the biggest political organization of its time. Most exam Boards
consider the Indian National Congress Sessions extremely noteworthy. This is mainly
because these sessions played a great role in laying down the foundational stone of
Indian polity.

At the same time, INC sessions also led the course of many national movements as
well as reforms in India. Consequently, the resolutions passed in the INC sessions
reflected in the political reforms brought about by the British government in India.
Although the INC went through a major split in 1907, its leaders reconciled on their
differences soon after to give shape to the emerging face of Independent India.

Here is a list of all the Indian National Congress sessions along with important facts
about them. This list will help you prepare better for SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS Clerk,
IBPS PO, etc.

Indian National Congress Sessions

Given below is the list of Indian National Congress Sessions in chronological order.
Apart from the locations of various sessions, make sure you also note important facts
pertaining to them.

Year Location Important facts

1st session of INC
1885 Bombay President- W.C. Bonnerjee
Lord Dufferin was the Viceroy of British India

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1886 Calcutta President- Dadabhai Naoroji
President- Badruddin Tyabji (1st Muslim president of
1887 Madras
INC)
1888 Allahabad President- George Yule (1st English president of INC)
1889 Bombay President- Sir William Wedderburn
1890 Calcutta President- Pherozeshah Mehta
1891 Nagpur President- P. Ananda Charlu
1892 Allahabad President- Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
1893 Lahore President- Dadabhai Naoroji
1894 Madras President- Alfred Webb
1895 Poona President- Surendranath Banerjee
1896 Calcutta President- Rahimtullah M. Sayani
1897 Amraoti President- C. Sankaran Nair
1898 Madras President- Ananda Mohan Bose
1899 Lucknow President- Romesh Chunder Dutt
1900 Lahore President- N.G. Chandavarkar
1901 Calcutta President- Dinshaw Eduljee Wacha
1902 Ahmedabad President- Surendranath Banerjee
1903 Madras President- Lal Mohan Ghosh
1904 Bombay President- Sir Henry Cotton
1905 Benares President- Gopal Krishna Gokhale
1906 Calcutta President- Dadabhai Naoroji
Congress splits into extremists and moderates
1907 Surat
Rash Behari Ghosh was the President
23rd Session continued
1908 Madras
President- Rash Behari Ghosh
1909 Lahore President- Madan Mohan Malaviya
1910 Allahabad President- Sir William Wedderburn
Jana Gana mana was sung for the first time
1911 Kolkata
President- Bishan Narayan Dar

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 Joint session with Muslim league- Lucknow pact
1916 Lucknow
President- Ambica Charan Mazumdar
1917 Calcutta 1st women president of INC- Annie Besant
Bombay Two sessions 1st President- Syed Hasan Imam
1918
and Delhi 2nd President- Madan Mohan Malaviya
1919 Amritsar President- Motilal Nehru
1920 Nagpur President- C. Vijayaraghavachariar
1921 Ahmedabad Hakim Ajmal Khan (Acting President for C.R. Das)
1922 Gaya President- C.R. Das
1924 Belgaum Mahatma Gandhi was the president of INC.
1925 Kanpur 1st Indian women president of INC- Sarojini Naidu.
1926 Gauhati President- S. Srinivasa Iyengar
1927 Madras President- M.A. Ansari
1928 Calcutta President- Motilal Nehru
Resolution for Poorna Swaraj or complete independence
1929 Lahore
President- Jawaharlal Nehru.
1931 Karachi President- Vallabbhai J. Patel
1932 Delhi President- Ranchod Lal Amrit Lal
1933 Calcutta President- Nellie Sen Gupta
1934 Bombay President- Rajendra Prasad
1936 Lucknow President- Jawaharlal Nehru
1937 Faizpur President- Jawaharlal Nehru
1938 Haripura President- Subhash Chandra Bose

1939 Tripuri President- Subhash Chandra Bose

1940 Ramgarh President- Abul Kalam Azad

Last session before the Independence of India
1946 Meerut
President- Acharya J B Kripalini
1st session after the Independence of India
1948 Jaipur
President was Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya

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