List of Sessions of Indian National Congress before Independence GK (1885-1947)
GK:- Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by Allan Octavian Hume and Dinshaw Edulji Wacha. Under the chairmanship Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee, the first session of Indian National Congress took place in Bombay 28-30 December 1885.
In 1885, the Indian National Congress was founded. Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee was the first president of Indian National Congress. The Indian National Congress sessions were held in the absence of one year. We have listed all sessions of the Indian National Congress before Indian Independence in this article.
Sessions of Indian National Congress
The Founding Years (1885-1900)
Session |
President |
Place |
Date |
1st |
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee |
Bombay |
28-30 December 1885 |
2nd |
Dadabhai Naoroji |
Calcutta |
27-30 December 1886 |
3rd |
Badruddin Tyyabji (fist Muslim President) |
Madras |
27-30 December 1887 |
4th |
George Yule (first English President) |
Allahabad |
26-29 December 1888 |
5th |
Sir William Wedderburn |
Bombay |
26-28 December 1889 |
6th |
Pherozeshah Mehta |
Calcutta |
26-30 December 1890 |
7th |
P. Ananda Charlu |
Nagpur |
28-30 December 1891 |
8th |
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee |
Allahabad |
28-30 December 1892 |
9th |
Dadabhai Naoroji |
Lahore |
27-30 December 1893 |
10th |
Alfred Webb |
Madras |
26-29 December 1894 |
11th |
Surendranath Banerjee |
Pune |
27-30 December 1895 |
12th |
Rahimatullah M. Sayani |
Calcutta |
28-31 December 1896 |
13th |
C. Sankaran Nair |
Amraoti |
27-29 December 1897 |
14th |
Ananda Mohan Bose |
Madras |
29-31 December 1898 |
15th |
Romesh Chunder Dutt |
Lucknow |
27-29 December 1899 |
16th |
N.G. Chandavarkar |
Lahore |
27-29 December 1900 |
The Pre Independece Era (1900-1947)
17th |
Dinshaw Eduljee Wacha |
Calcutta |
26-28 December 1901 |
18th |
Surendranath Banerjee |
Ahmedabad |
28-30 December 1902 |
19th |
Lal Mohan Ghosh |
Madras |
28-30 December 1903 |
20th |
Sir Henry Cotton |
Bombay |
26-28 December 1904
|
21st |
Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
Banaras |
27-30 December 1905 |
22nd |
Dadabhai Naoroji |
Calcutta |
26-29 December 1906 |
23rd (Session Suspended) |
Rash Behari Ghosh |
Surat |
26-27 December 1907 |
23rd |
Rash Behari Ghosh |
Madras |
28-30 December 1908 |
24th |
Madan Mohan Malviya |
Lahore |
27-29 December 1909 |
25th |
Sir William Wedderburn |
Allahabad |
26-29 December 1910 |
26th |
Bishan Narayan Dar |
Calcutta |
26-28 December 1911 |
27th |
Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar |
Bankipore |
26-28 December 1912 |
28th |
Nawab Syed Mohammed Bahadur |
Karachi |
26-28 December 1913 |
29th |
Bhupendra Nath Bose |
Madras |
14-15 April 1914 |
30th |
Satyendra Prasanna Sinha |
Bombay |
27-29 December 1915 |
31st |
Ambica Charan Mazumdar |
Lucknow |
26-30 December 1916 |
32nd |
Annie Besant |
Calcutta |
26-29 December 1917 |
33rd |
Madan Mohan Malviya |
Delhi |
26-30 December 1918 |
Special Session |
Romesh Chunder Dutt |
Bombay |
29 August – 1 September 1918 |
34th |
Motilal Nehru |
Amritsar |
26-30 December 1919 |
35th |
C. Vijayaraghavachariar |
Nagpur |
26-30 December 1920 |
36th |
Hakim Ajmal Khan (Acting President for C.R. Das) |
Ahmadabad |
27-28 December 1921 |
37th |
Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das |
Gaya |
26-31 December 1922 |
Special session |
Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad |
Delhi |
4-8 September 1923 |
39th |
M.K. Gandhi |
Belgaum |
26-27 December 1924 |
40th |
Mrs. Sarojini Naidu |
Cawnpore |
15-17 April 1925 |
41th |
S. Srinivasa Iyengar |
Gawahati |
26-28 December 1926 |
42nd |
M. A. Ansari |
Madras |
26-28 December 1927 |
43rd |
Motilal Nehru |
Calcutta |
29 December 1928 – 1 January 1929 |
44th |
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
Lahore |
16-18 April 1929 |
45th |
Vallabhbhai J. Patel |
Karachi |
21-31 March 1931 |
47th |
Mrs. Nellie Sengupta |
Calcutta |
12-14 September 1933 |
48th |
Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
Bombay |
24-28 October 1934 |
49th |
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
Lucknow |
18-20 June 1936 |
50th |
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
Faizpur |
12-14 July 1937 |
51st |
Subhash Chandra Bose |
Haripura |
19-21 February 1938 |
52nd |
Subhash Chandra Bose |
Tripura |
10-12 March 1939 |
53rd |
Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad |
Ramgarh |
19-20 March 1940 |
54th |
J.B. Kriplani |
Meerut |
23-24 November 1946 |
As a safety valve, the Indian National Congress was created to facilitate civil and political dialogue between literate Indians. These sessions are used in competitive exams. Aspirants should go through these sessions thoroughly.
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FAQ
1. What was the date of INC’s last session before Indian Independence?
The last session, which was INC before Indian Independence, took place in Meerut between 23-24 November 1946 under the leadership J.B. Kriplani.
2. Who was the first President Indian National Congress?
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee was the first President of Indian National Congress.
3. What year was the Indian National Congress’s first session?
From 28-30 December 1885, Bombay hosted the first session of Indian National Congress.
4. Who were the founders and leaders of the Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by Allan Octavian Hume and Dinshaw Edulji Wacha.
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