Congress sessions Flashcards
1885
Bombay
W C Bonnerji
1stsession attended by 72 delegates
1887
Madras
Badruddin Tyabji
Muslim
1888
Allahabad
George Yule
First English president
1896
Calcutta
Rahimtullah M. Sayani
National song ‘Vande Mataram’ sung for the first time
1907
Surat
Rash Behari Ghosh
Party splits into extremists and moderates
1911
Calcutta
Bishan Narayan Das
Jana Gana Mana sung for the first time
1916
Lucknow
Ambica Charan Mazumdar
Lucknow Pact – joint session with the Muslim League
1917
Calcutta
Annie Besant
First woman president of the INC
1918
Bombay and Delhi
Syed Hasan Imam (Bombay) and Madan Mohan Malaviya (Delhi)
1923
Delhi
Abul Kalam Azad
Special session. Azad was the youngest president
1924
Belgaum
M K Gandhi
1925
Kanpur
Sarojini Naidu
First Indian woman president
1928
Calcutta
Motilal Nehru
All India Youth Congress formed
1929
Lahore
Jawaharlal Nehru
Resolution for Poorna Swaraj. Civil disobedience movement for complete independence to be launched, 26 January to be observed as ‘Independence Day’.
1931
Karachi
Vallabhbhai Patel
Resolution on fundamental rights and national economic progress. Gandhi-Irwin Pact endorsed. Gandhi nominated to represent INC in the Second Round Table Conference
1937
Faizpur
Jawaharlal Nehru
First session to be held in a village
1938
Haripura
Subhas Chandra Bose
National Planning Committee set up under Nehru a resolution was adopted to support the peoples’ movements in the states; although no organisational assistance was to be provided, individual leaders could participate, under the overall leadership of a special subcommittee of the Congress Working Committee
1939
Tripuri
Subhas Chandra Bose
Bose was elected but had to resign since Gandhi supported Pattabhi Sitaramayya. Instead Rajendra Prasad was appointed.endorsed the scheme of joint action in princeley states
1946
Meerut
Acharya Kripalani
Last session before independence
1948
Jaipur
Pattabhi Sitaramayya
First session after independence
