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1885
First Session of INC|Bombay (Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College)|President: W.C. Bonnerjee|72 delegates
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1886
Calcutta Session|President: Dadabhai Naoroji|436 delegates
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1887
Madras Session|President: Badruddin Tyabji|First Muslim President of INC
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1888
Allahabad Session|President: George Yule|First English President of INC
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1889
Bombay Session|President: Sir William Wedderburn|Congress represented all areas of British India
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1890
Calcutta Session|President: Pherozeshah Mehta|Decision to organise a Congress session in London
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1895
Poona Session|President: Surendranath Banerjee|Demand for a representative body for the educated class
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1898
Madras Session|President: Ananda Mohan Bose|Social reform declared the main goal
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1907
Surat Session|President: Rash Behari Ghosh|Congress Split (Moderates vs Extremists)
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1908
Madras Session|President: Rash Behari Ghosh|Congress Constitution adopted
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1916
Lucknow Session|President: Ambika Charan Mazumdar|Lucknow Pact with Muslim League|Moderates and Extremists reunited|Gandhi attended
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1917
Calcutta Session|President: Annie Besant|First Woman President of INC
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1920
Nagpur Session|President: C. Vijayaraghavachariar|Gandhian programme adopted|Congress Constitution reorganised
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1921
Ahmedabad Session|President: Hakim Ajmal Khan|Hasrat Mohani demanded Complete Independence (Poorna Swaraj)
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1922
Gaya Session|President: C.R. Das|Formation of Swaraj Party
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1923

Delhi session | President: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad | Youngest President(35 years)

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1924
Belgaum Session|President: Mahatma Gandhi|Only session presided over by Gandhi
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1925
Kanpur Session|President: Sarojini Naidu|First Indian Woman President of INC
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1927
Madras Session|President: Dr. M.A. Ansari|Nehru and S.C. Bose's resolution for Complete Independence passed for the first time
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1928
Calcutta Session|President: Motilal Nehru|First All India Youth Congress
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1929
Lahore Session|President: Jawaharlal Nehru|Poorna Swaraj Resolution|26 January 1930 declared Independence Day
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1931
Karachi Session|President: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel|Resolution on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Policy
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1934
Bombay Session|President: Rajendra Prasad|Congress Socialist Party formed
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1936
Lucknow Session|President: Jawaharlal Nehru|Support for Socialism through Democracy
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1936
Faizpur Session|President: Jawaharlal Nehru|Demand for Constituent Assembly|First rural session of INC
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1938
Haripura Session|President: Subhas Chandra Bose|Poorna Swaraj extended to Princely States
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1939
Tripuri Session|President: Subhas Chandra Bose|Resigned due to differences with Gandhi|Rajendra Prasad became INC President afterwards