Introduction to Indian National Congress Session's

Introduction to Indian National Congress Session's

Indian National Congress founders: Allan Octavian Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji and Dinshaw Edulji Wacha. Indian National Congress was founded on 28 December 1885. 

The list of Indian National Congress sessions with their Presidents

Introduction-: The Indian National Congress was founded at Bombay in December 1885. The early leadership – Dadabhai Naoroji, Pherozeshah Mehta, Badruddin Tyabji, W.C. Bonnerji, Surendranath Banerji, Romesh Chandra Dutt, S. Subramania Iyer, among others – was largely from Bombay and Calcutta. A retired British official, A.O. Hume, also played a part in bringing Indians from the various regions together. Formation of Indian National Congress was an effort in the direction of promoting the process of nation building. In an effort to reach all regions, it was decided to rotate the Congress session among different parts of the country. The President belonged to a region other than where the Congress session was being held. Sessions First Session: held at Bombay in 1885. President: W.C. Bannerjee Formation of Indian National Congress. Second Session: held at Calcutta in 1886. President: Dadabhai Naoroji Third Session: held at Madras in 1887. President: Syed Badruddin Tyabji, first muslim President. Fourth Session: held at Allahabad in 1888. President: George Yule, first English President. 1896: Calcutta. President: Rahimtullah Sayani National Song ‘Vande Mataram’ sung for the first time by Rabindranath Tagore. 1899: Lucknow. President: Romesh Chandra Dutt. Demand for permanent fixation of Land revenue 1901: Calcutta. President: Dinshaw E.Wacha First time Gandhiji appeared on the Congress platform 1905: Benaras. President: Gopal Krishan Gokhale Formal proclamation of Swadeshi movement against government 1906: Calcutta. President: Dadabhai Naoroji Adopted four resolutions on: Swaraj (Self Government), Boycott Movement, Swadeshi & National Education 1907: Surat. President: Rash Bihari Ghosh Split in Congress- Moderates & Extremist Adjournment of Session 1910: Allahabad. President: Sir William Wedderburn M.A Jinnah decried the separate electorate system introduced by act of 1909 1911: Calcutta. President: B.N. Dhar First time recital of Jan-Gan-Man in Congress session 1915: Bombay. President: Sir S.P. Sinha Constitution of the Congress was altered to admit the delegates from the extremist section 1916: Lucknow. President: A.C. Majumdar Unity between two factions-Moderates and Extremists of Congress Lucknow Pact signed between Congress and Muslim League to build political consensus 1917: Calcutta. President: Annie Besant, First Woman President of Congress 1918 (Special session): Bombay. President: Syed Hasan Imam The session was convened to deliberate the contentious Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms Scheme 1919: Amritsar. President: Motilal Nehru Congress extended support to Khilafat Movement 1920 (Special Session): Calcutta. President: Lala Lajpat Rai Mahatma Gandhi moved the Non cooperation resolution 1920: Nagpur. President: C. Vijayaraghavachariar Reconstitution of Working committees of Congress on Linguistic basis MA Jinnah left the Indian National Congress 1922: Gaya. President: C.R. Das CR Das and other leaders broke away from INC Formation of Swaraj Party 1924: Belgaum. President: M.K. Gandhi Only Session presided over by Mahatma Gandhi 1925: Kanpur. President: Sarojini Naidu, First Indian Woman President 1927: Madras. President: Dr. M.A. Ansari Passed a resolution against the use of Indian troops in China, Iran and Mesopotamia. Passed a resolution against boycott of Simon Commission Adoption of resolution on Purna Swaraj 1928: Calcutta. President: Motilal Nehru Formation of All India Youth Congress 1929: Lahore. President: Jawahar Lal Nehru Passed the resolution on ‘Poorna Swaraj.’ Civil Disobedience movement for complete independence to be launched 26 January to be observed as ‘Independence Day’. 1931: Karachi. President: Vallabhbhai Patel Resolutions on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Programme Endorsement of Gandhi-Irwin pact Gandhi nominated to represent INC in the Second Round Table Conference to be held in London 1934: Bombay. President: Rajendra Prasad Amendment in the Constitution of Congress 1936: Lucknow. President: Jawahar Lal Nehru Push towards socialist ideas by Jawahar Lal Nehru 1937: Faizpur. President: Jawahar Lal Nehru First Session to be held in a village 1938: Haripura. President: Subhas Chandra Bose National Planning Committee set up under Jawahar Lal Nehru. 1939: Tripuri. President: Rajendra Prasad Subhas Chandra Bose was re-elected but had to resign Rajendra Prasad was appointed in his place Subhash Chandra Bose formed Forward Bloc 1940: Ramgarh. President: Abul Kalam Azad Civil Disobedience movement to be launched at appropriate time and circumstances. 1941–45: This Period is marked by events i.e. Quit India movement, RIN Mutiny & INA trials. Phase of constitutional negotiations such as Cripps Mission, Wavell Plan and Cabinet Mission. On account of these events during this phase no congress session was held. 1946: Meerut. President: J.B Kripalani Last session before independence J.B Kriplani was the president of INC at independence.