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Important Indian National Congress Sessions List PDF:
This list covers all INC sessions from 1885 to 1947,1948 with their important resolutions.
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Indian National Congress Annual Sessions:
Indian National Congress is initially formed by A.O.Hume to bring together educated individuals inorder to influence the policymaking in the country.Before the formation of INC, Indian National Conference Sessions were held in 1883 & 1885. Surendranath Benerjea & Anand Mohan Bose were the main architects of the Indian National Conference.
 Lord Dufferin was the Viceroy of British India when the INC was formed. The first conference of representatives was convened on December 25, 1885, by the Union of Pune (Maharashtra) but the meeting was later decided to be held in Bombay. INC Sessions were held regularly in the month of the December every year.
Important Points regarding INC:
1. Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee was the president of the first session of the Indian National Congress.
2.Annie Beasant was the first female President of the Indian National Congress.
3.Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman president of the Indian National Congress.
4.Badruddin Tyabji was the first muslim President of the Indian National Congress. Rahimtulla Sayani was the second muslim President of the Indian National Congress.
5.George Yule was the first European President of the Indian National Congress.
6.Dadhabhai Naoroji was the first Parsi President of the Indian National Congress.
7.Sankaran Narayin was the first & the only Keralite President of the Indian National Congress Session.
8.Hakim Ajmal Khan was the only person to be appointed as the President of INC, All India Muslim League & All India Khilafat Committee.
List Of Indian National Congress Annual Sessions with their presidents:
The annual sessions for the years 1930, 1935, 1941-45 could not be held. The first five sessions of indian national congress occurred between 1885-1889.
| Year & Place | President | Highlights |
| 1885, Bombay | W.C.Benerjee | Attended by 72 delegates |
| 1886, Calcutta | Dadhabhai Naoroji | National Congress & National Conference merged together |
| 1887, Madras | Syed Badruddin Tyabji | Muslims were appealed to join the mainstream national leaders |
| 1888, Allahabad | George Yule | |
| 1889, Bombay | William Wedderburn | |
| 1890, Calcutta | Feroz Shah Mehta | |
| 1891, Nagpur | P.Ananda Charlu | |
| 1892, Allahabad | W.C.Benerjee | |
| 1893, Lahore | Dadhabhai Naoroji | |
| 1894, Madras | Alfred Webb | |
| 1895, Poona | Surendranath Benerjee | |
| 1896, Calcutta | Rahimtulla Sayani | |
| 1897, Amravati | Sankaran Narayin | |
| 1898, Madras | A.M.Bose | |
| 1899, Lucknow | Ramesh Chandra Dutt | Permanent fixation of land revenue is demanded |
| 1900, Lahore | N.G.Chandavarkar | |
| 1901, Calcutta | Dinshaw E.Wacha | |
| 1902, Ahmedabad | Surendranath Benerjee | |
| 1903, Madras | Lal Mohan Gosh | |
| 1904, Bombay | Henry Cotton | |
| 1905, Benares | Gopal Krishna Gokhale | Resentment against the partition of Bengal is expressed |
| 1906,Calcutta | Dadhabhai Naoroji | Swaraj is mentioned for the first time |
| 1907, Surat | Ras Bihari Ghosh | Moderates & Extremists are split in this session |
| 1908, Madras | Ras Bihari Ghosh | Constitution of the congress is drawn |
| 1909, Lahore | Madan Mohan Malviya | Dissapproval on the formation of separate electorates because of Indian Councils Act, 1909 is expressed |
| 1910, Allahabad | William Wedderburn | |
| 1911, Calcutta | Bishan Narayan Dhar | |
| 1912, Bankipur | R.N.Mudholkar | |
| 1913, Karachi | Syed Mohammed | |
| 1914,Madras | Bhupendranath Basu | |
| 1915, Bombay | S.P.Sinha | |
| 1916, Lucknow | A.C.Majumdar | Lucknow Pact is signed & reunion of extremists & Moderates |
| 1917, Calcutta | Annie Beasant | |
| 1918, Delhi | Madan Mohan Malviya | |
| 1919, Amritsar | Motilal Nehru | JallianwalaBagh Massacre is condemned |
| 1920, Nagpur | C.Vijayraghavachair | A new constitution of the Congress is formed |
| 1921, Ahmedabad | C.R.Das ( in prison)
Hakim Ajmal Khan ( Acting President) |
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| 1922, Gaya | C.R.Das | Swarajya Party formed |
| 1923, Kakinada | Maulana Mohammad Ali | |
| 1924, Belgaum | Mahatma Gandhi | |
| 1925, Kanpur | Sarojini Naidu | |
| 1926, Gauhati | S.Srinivasa Iyengar | |
| 1927, Madras | M.A.Ansari | Adoption of Independent Resolution, resolved to boycott the Simon Commission. |
| 1928, Calcutta | Motilal Nehru | The first All India Youth Congress came into being |
| 1929, Lahore | Jawaharlal Nehru | Passed the Purna Swaraj Resolution & authorised the working committee to launch Civil Disobedience Movement |
| 1931, March, Karachi | Vallabhai Patel | Gandhi – Irwin Pact is endorsed & resolution on Fundamental rights & National Economic Programme is passed. |
| 1932, April, Delhi | Amrit Ranchordas Seth | |
| 1933,April, Calcutta | Nellie Sengupta | |
| 1934, Oct, Bombay | Rajendra Prasad | |
| 1936,April, Lucknow | Jawaharlal Nehru | Nehru urged the Congress to adopt Socialism as its goal |
| 1936,Dec, Faizpur | Jawaharlal Nehru | session held in a village for the first time |
| 1938, Feb, Haripura | Subash Chandra Bose | National Planning Committee was set up under the chairmanship of Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 1939, March, Tripuri | Subash Chandra Bose | Rajendra Prasad took over as the president after Subash Chandra Bose resigned |
| 1940, March, Ramgarh, | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad | |
| 1946, Nov, Meerut | Acharya J.B.Kriplani | |
| 1948, Dec, Jaipur | Pattabhi Sitharamayya |
