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List of Indian National Congress Sessions Pre-Independence

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress was established in 1885 and became one of the most important political parties before the Independence and during the pre-independence of India. The founders of the Indian National Congress were Allan Octavian Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji, and Dinshaw Edulji Wacha. It was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa.

The first session of the Indian National Congress was held in 1885 in Bombay from 28th Dec to 31st of December. The first president of the National Congress was Mr Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee in which 72 delegates participated. In this article, we have included a list of Indian National Congress sessions, with location and the president of the session.

List of Indian National Congress Sessions

Indian National Congress Sessions Pre-Independence

Year President Location
1885 W C Bonnerjee Bombay
1886 Dadabhai Naoroji Calcutta
1887 Syed Badruddin Tyabji Madras
1888 George Yule Allahabad
1889 Sir William Wedderburn Bombay
1890 Feroz Shah Mehta Calcutta
1891 P. Ananda Charlu Nagpur
1892 W C Bonnerjee Allahabad
1893 Dadabhai Naoroji Lahore
1894 Alfred Webb Madras
1895 Suremdranath Banerjee Poona
1896 Rahimtullah M. Sayani Calcutta
1897 C. Sankaran Nair Amravati
1898 Ananda Mohan Bose Madras
1899 Romesh Chandra Dutt Lucknow
1900 N G Chandavarkar Lahore
1901 Dinshaw E. Wacha Calcutta
1902 Surendranath Banerjee Ahmedabad
1903 Lal Mohan Ghosh Madras
1904 Sir Henry Cotton Bombay
1905 Gopal Krishna Gokhale Benares
1906 Dadabhai Naoraji Calcutta
1907 Rash Behari Ghosh Surat
1908 Rash Behari Ghosh Madras
1909 Madan Mohan Malaviya Lahore
1910 Sir William Wedderburn Allahabad
1911 Bishan Narayan Dhar Calcutta
1912 Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar Bankipore
1913 Syed Mohammed Karachi
1914 Bhupendra Nath Basu Madras
1915 Satyendra Prasanna Sinha Bombay
1916 Ambica Charan Mazumdar Lucknow
1917 Annie Besant Calcutta
1918 Syed Hasan Imam and Madan Mohan Malaviya Bombay and Delhi
1919 Motilal Nehru Amritsar
1920 C Vijayaraghavachariar Nagpur
1921 Hakim Ajmal Khan Ahmedabad
1922 C R Das Gaya
1923 Maulana Mohammad Ali Kakinada
1924 M K Gandhi Belgaum
1925 Sarojini Naidu Kanpur
1926 S Srinivasa Iyengar Guwahati
1927 M A Ansari Madras
1928 Motilal Nehru Calcutta
1929 Jawaharlal Nehru Lahore
1931 Vallabhbhai Patel Karachi
1932 Amrit Ranchhorddas Seth Delhi
1933 Mrs. Nellie Sengupta Calcutta
1934 Rajendra Prasad Bombay
1936 Jawaharlal Nehru Fazipur
1937 Jawaharlal Nehru Lucknow
1938 Subhas Chandra Bose Haripura
1939 Subhas Chandra Bose Tripuri
1940 Abul Kalam Azad Ramgarh
1946 Acharya Kripalani Meerut
1948 Pattabhi Sitaramayya Jaipur

FAQs related to Indian National Congress

1. When was the first Indian National Congress session held?
Ans. The first Indian National Congress session was held in 1885 which was held in Bombay and it was attended by 72 delegates.

2. Who was the President of India in the 4th session of the Indian National Congress session?
Ans. The fourth Indian National Congress session was held in Allahabad in 1888 and the president was George Yule.

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