(Important Sessions of Indian National Congress) BA-III, Paper VI 1. First
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(Important Sessions of Indian National Congress) B.A-III, Paper VI 1. First Session, 1885, Bombay, W.C.Banerjee ( President). 2. Second Session, 1886, Calcutta, Dadabhai Naoroji (President). 3. Third Session, 1887, Madras, Syed Badruddin Tyabji ( First Muslim President) 4. Fourth Session, 1888, Allahabad, George Yule (President). 5. Session, 1896, Calcutta, Rahimtullah Sahni (President), Rabindra Nath Tagore for the first time sung, National Song ‘Vande Matram’. 6. Session 1899, Lucknow, Romesh Chandra Dutt, (President) 7. Session 1901, Calcutta, Dinshaw E. Wacha (President) 8. Session 1905, Benaras, Gopal Krishna Gokhale (President) 9. Session 1906, Calcutta, Dada Bhai Naoroji (President). 10. Session 1907, Surat, Ras Behari Ghosh (President). Split in Congress between Moderates and Extremists. 11. Session 1910, Allahabad, Sir William Wedderburn (President).. 12. Session 1911, Calcutta, B.N.Dhar ((President), 13. Session 1915, Bombay, S.P.Sinha, (President). 14. Session 1916, Lucknow, A.P.Mzumdar ((President). Moderates and Extremists united. 15. Session 1917, Calcutta, Annie Besant ((President). First Women President. 16. Special Session 1918, Bombay, Syed Hasan Imam (President). It deliberated on the Montague Chelmsford reforms. 17. Session 1919, Amritsar, Moti Lal Nehru ((President). 18. Special Session 1920, Calcutta, Lala Lajpat Rai (President). Adopted the resolution for Non-Cooperation Movement. 19. Session 1920, Nagpur, C. Vijayaraghavacharia (President). M.A.Jinnah left the Indian National Congress. 20. Session 1922, Gaya, C.R.Das (President). He broke from the Congress and formed Swaraj Party. 21. Session 1924, Belgaun, Mahatma Gandhi (President). Only session which Gandhi presided. 22. Session 1925, Kanpur, Sarojini Naidu (President). First Indian Woman President. 23. Session 1929, Lahore, Jawahar Lal Nehru (President). Passed the resolution of Poorna Swaraj. 24. Session 1931, Karachi, Vallabhai Patel (President). Endorsement of Gandhi-Irwin Pact, Gandhi was nominated to represent it in the 2nd Round Table Conference, 25. Session 1937, Faizpur, Jawahar Lal Nehru ( President). First session held in village. 26. Session 1938, Haripura, Subhas Chandra Bose ( president). 27. Session 1939, Tripuri, Shubhas Chandra Bose was re- elected but he resigned. Rajendra Prasad then became President. 28. 1941-45 no sessions of the Congress was held. 29. 1946, Meerut, J.B.Kripalani (President). It was the last session before India’s independence. 30. 1948, Jaipur Pattabhi Sitaramaya. First Session after Independence. .