Indian National Congress Session 1885-1947
Indian National Congress was founded in 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.
The formation of the 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.
Indian National Congress Session 1885-1947
| Date | President | Place & Session |
|---|---|---|
| 28-30 December 1885 | Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee | Bombay (1st) |
| 27-30 December 1886 | Dadabhai Naoroji | Calcutta (2nd) |
| 27-30 December 1887 | Badruddin Tyyabji (fist Muslim President) | Madras (3rd) |
| 26-29 December 1888 | George Yule (first English President) | Allahabad (4th) |
| 26-28 December 1889 | Sir William Wedderburn | Bombay (5th) |
| 26-30 December 1890 | Pherozeshah Mehta | Calcutta (6th |
| 28-30 December 1891 | P. Ananda Charlu | Nagpur (7th) |
| 28-30 December 1892 | Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee | Allahabad (8th) |
| 27-30 December 1893 | Dadabhai Naoroji | Lahore (9th) |
| 26-29 December 1894 | Alfred Webb | Madras (10th) |
| 27-30 December 1895 | Surendranath Banerjee | Pune (11th) |
| 28-31 December 1896 | Rahimatullah M. Sayani | Calcutta (12th) |
| 27-29 December 1897 | C. Sankaran Nair | Amraoti (13th) |
| 29-31 December 1898 | Ananda Mohan Bose | Madras (14th) |
| 27-29 December 1899 | Romesh Chunder Dutt | Lucknow (15th) |
| 27-29 December 1900 | N.G. Chandavarkar | Lahore (16th) |
| The Pre Independece Era (1900-1947) | ||
| 26-28 December 1901 | Dinshaw Eduljee Wacha | Calcutta (17th) |
| 28-30 December 1902 | Surendranath Banerjee | Ahmedabad (18th) |
| 28-30 December 1903 | Lal Mohan Ghosh | Madras (19th) |
| 26-28 December 1904 | Sir Henry Cotton | Bombay (20th) |
| 27-30 December 1905 | Gopal Krishna Gokhale | Banaras (21th) |
| 26-29 December 1906 | Dadabhai Naoroji | Calcutta (22nd) |
| 26-27 December 1907 | Rash Behari Ghosh | Surat (23rd) (Session Suspended) |
| 28-30 December 1908 | Rash Behari Ghosh | Madras (23rd ) |
| 27-29 December 1909 | Madan Mohan Malviya | Lahore (24th) |
| 26-29 December 1910 | Sir William Wedderburn | Allahabad (25th) |
| 26-28 December 1911 | Bishan Narayan Dar | Calcutta (26th) |
| 26-28 December 1912 | Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar | Bankipore (27th) |
| 26-28 December 1913 | Nawab Syed Mohammed Bahadur | Karachi (28th) |
| 14-15 April 1914 | Bhupendra Nath Bose | Madras (29th) |
| 27-29 December 1915 | Satyendra Prasanna Sinha | Bombay (30th) |
| 26-30 December 1916 | Ambica Charan Mazumdar | Lucknow (31st) |
| 26-29 December 1917 | Annie Besant | Calcutta (32nd) |
| 26-30 December 1918 | Madan Mohan Malviya | Delhi (33rd) |
| 29 August – 1 September 1918 | Romesh Chunder Dutt | Bombay (special Session) |
| 26-30 December 1919 | Motilal Nehru | Amritsar (34th) |
| 26-30 December 1920 | C. Vijayaraghavachariar | Nagpur (35th) |
| 27-28 December 1921 | Hakim Ajmal Khan (Acting President for C.R. Das) | Ahmadabad (36th) |
| 26-31 December 1922 | Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das | Gaya (37th) |
| 4-8 September 1923 | Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad | Delhi (Special session) |
| 26-27 December 1924 | M.K. Gandhi | Belgaum (39th) |
| 15-17 April 1925 | Mrs. Sarojini Naidu | Cawnpore (40th) |
| 26-28 December 1926 | S. Srinivasa Iyengar | Guwahati (41th) |
| 26-28 December 1927 | M. A. Ansari | Madras (42th) |
| 29 December 1928 – 1 January 1929 | Motilal Nehru | Calcutta (43rd) |
| 16-18 April 1929 | Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru | Lahore (44th) |
| 21-31 March 1931 | Vallabhbhai J. Patel | Karachi (45th) |
| 12-14 September 1933 | Mrs. Nellie Sengupta | Calcutta (47th) |
| 24-28 October 1934 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad | Bombay (48th) |
| 18-20 June 1936 | Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru | Lucknow (49th) |
| 12-14 July 1937 | Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru | Faizpur (50th) |
| 19-21 February 1938 | Subhash Chandra Bose | Haripura (51st) |
| 10-12 March 1939 | Subhash Chandra Bose | Tripura (52nd) |
| 19-20 March 1940 | Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad | Ramgarh (53rd) |
| 23-24 November 1946 | J.B. Kriplani | Meerut (54th) |
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