sign in sign up
<<
Home , Alfred Webb, Bishan Narayan Dar, Romesh Chunder Dutt, Syed Hasan Imam, William Wedderburn

Sessions - GK Notes in PDF

During the British rule, the Indian National Congress (INC) arose like a shiny ray of hope for India. With its very first meeting, it overshadowed all the other political associations established earlier to it. Gradually, Indians from all walks of life joined the INC and made it the biggest political organization of its time. Most exam Boards consider the Indian National Congress Sessions extremely noteworthy. This is mainly because these sessions played a great role in laying down the foundational stone of Indian polity.

Here is a list of all the Indian National Congress sessions along with important facts about them. This list will help you prepare better for SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS Clerk, IBPS PO, etc.

Indian National Congress Sessions

Given below is the list of Indian National Congress Sessions in chronological order. Apart from the locations of various sessions, make sure you also note important facts pertaining to them.

Year Location Important facts 1st session of INC 1885 Bombay President- W.C. Bonnerjee Lord Dufferin was the Viceroy of British India 1886 Calcutta President- President- (1st Muslim president of 1887 Madras INC) 1888 Allahabad President- George Yule (1st English president of INC) 1889 Bombay President- Sir

1 | P a g e

1890 Calcutta President- 1891 Nagpur President- P. Ananda Charlu 1892 Allahabad President- Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee 1893 Lahore President- Dadabhai Naoroji 1894 Madras President- 1895 Poona President- 1896 Calcutta President- Rahimtullah M. Sayani 1897 Amraoti President- C. Sankaran Nair 1898 Madras President- Ananda Mohan Bose 1899 Lucknow President- 1900 Lahore President- N.G. Chandavarkar 1901 Calcutta President- Dinshaw Eduljee Wacha 1902 Ahmedabad President- Surendranath Banerjee 1903 Madras President- Lal Mohan Ghosh 1904 Bombay President- Sir Henry Cotton 1905 Benares President- 1906 Calcutta President- Dadabhai Naoroji Congress splits into extremists and moderates 1907 Surat was the President 23rd Session continued 1908 Madras President- Rash Behari Ghosh 1909 Lahore President- 1910 Allahabad President- Sir William Wedderburn Jana Gana mana was sung for the first time 1911 President- Joint session with Muslim league- Lucknow pact 1916 Lucknow President- Ambica Charan Mazumdar 1917 Calcutta 1st women president of INC- Bombay Two sessions 1st President- 1918 and Delhi 2nd President- Madan Mohan Malaviya

2 | P a g e

1919 Amritsar President- 1920 Nagpur President- C. Vijayaraghavachariar 1921 Ahmedabad (Acting President for C.R. Das) 1922 Gaya President- C.R. Das 1924 Belgaum was the president of INC. 1925 Kanpur 1st Indian women president of INC- . 1926 Gauhati President- S. Srinivasa Iyengar 1927 Madras President- M.A. Ansari 1928 Calcutta President- Motilal Nehru Resolution for Poorna Swaraj or complete independence 1929 Lahore President- . 1931 Karachi President- Vallabbhai J. Patel 1932 Delhi President- Ranchod Lal Amrit Lal 1933 Calcutta President- Nellie Sen Gupta 1934 Bombay President- 1936 Lucknow President- Jawaharlal Nehru 1937 Faizpur President- Jawaharlal Nehru 1938 Haripura President- Subhash Chandra Bose

1939 Tripuri President- Subhash Chandra Bose

1940 Ramgarh President- Last session before the Independence of India 1946 Meerut President- Acharya J B Kripalini 1st session after the Independence of India 1948 Jaipur President was Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya

We hope you find this article useful. Like this list of Indian National Congress Sessions, find out about other significant facts and notes to ace the GK section of any competitive exam. Find more notes and important study material here:

3 | P a g e

Like this list of Indian National Congress Sessions, find out about other significant facts and notes that can help you in the GK section of many exams. Find more notes and important study material here:

More Study Notes and Study Material

Union Budget of India 2016-17 Highlights

GDP Growth Rate of India - Financial Awareness Notes in PDF

4 | P a g e