Indian National Congress Sessions

INC Session 1885

Bombay
W C Bannerjee first president
First session attended by 72 delegates

INC Session 1886

Calcutta
Dadabhai Naoroji second presindent

INC Session 1887

Madras Syed Badruddin Tyabji
First Muslim president

INC Session 1888

Allahabad
George Yule
The first English President of INC

INC Session 1896

Calcutta
Rahimtullah M. Sayani
National song ‘Vande Mataram’ sung for the first time by Rabindranath Tagore

INC Session 1906

Calcutta
Dadabhai Naoroji
The word swaraj used first time

INC Session 1907

Surat
Rash Behari Ghosh
Party splits into extremists and moderates

INC Session 1911

Calcutta
Bishan Narayan Dar
Jana Gana Mana sung for the first time

INC Session 1916

Lucknow
Ambica Charan Mazumdar
Lucknow Pact - joint session with the Muslim League

INC Session 1917

Calcutta
Annie Besant
First woman president of the INC

INC Session 1919

Amritsar
Motilal Nehru
condemned the Jallianwala Bagh massacre

INC Session 1920

Calcutta
Lala Lajpat Rai
Gandhiji moved the Non-cooperation resolution

INC Session 1924

Belgaum
M K Gandhi
Only session presided over by Gandhi

INC Session 1925

Kanpur
Sarojini Naidu
First Indian woman president

INC Session 1927

Madras
M.A. Ansari
boycott of the Simon Commission

INC Session 1928

Calcutta
Motilal Nehru
All India Youth Congress formed

INC Session 1929

Lahore
Jawaharlal Nehru
Poorna Swaraj Passed
January to be observed as Poorna Swaraj Day
Civil Disobedience movement for complete independence to be launched (1930-34) - started by Gandhi's Salt March

INC Session 1931

Karachi
Vallabhbhai Patel
Gandhi-Irwin pact endorsed
Gandhi nominated to represent INC in the second round table conference
Adopted a resolution on Fundamental Rights and Duties

INC Session 1934

Bombay
Rajendra Prasad
Amendment in the Constitution of Congress

INC Session 1936

Faizpur (Maharashtra)
Jawaharlal Nehru
First Session to be held in a village

INC Session 1938

Haripura
Subhas Chandra Bose
National planning committee set up under Jawaharlal Nehru

INC Session 1939

Tripuri
Subhas Chandra Bose
Subhas Chandra Bose was re-elected but had to resign due to protest by Gandhiji
Rajendra Prasad was appointed in his place
Subhash Chandra Bose formed Forward Bloc

INC Session 1940

Ramgarh
Abul Kalam Azad
Civil Disobedience movement to be launched (1940-41) part of the Individual Satyagraha led by Vinoba Bhave

INC Session 1946

Meerut
Acharya Kriplani
Last Session before independence

INC Session 1948

Jaipur
Pattabhi Sitaramayya
First session after independenc