Indian National Congress Sessions Flashcards

Important INC sessions, venues, presidents and resolutions.

First session of INC (1885)

Bombay, 1885.
President: W.C. Bonnerjee; 72 delegates.
Founded by A.O. Hume.

First Muslim president of INC

Badruddin Tyabji – Madras session, 1887.

First English president of INC

George Yule – Allahabad session, 1888.

1906 Calcutta session

President: Dadabhai Naoroji.
'Swaraj' adopted as the goal of Congress.

1907 Surat session

Split between Moderates and Extremists.
President: Rash Behari Ghosh.

First woman president of INC

Annie Besant – Calcutta session, 1917.

First Indian woman president of INC

Sarojini Naidu – Kanpur session, 1925.

Only INC session presided over by Gandhi

Belgaum, 1924.

1929 Lahore session

President: Jawaharlal Nehru.
Purna Swaraj resolution; 26 January 1930 celebrated as Independence Day.

1931 Karachi session

President: Vallabhbhai Patel.
Resolution on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Programme.

1938 Haripura session

President: Subhas Chandra Bose.

1939 Tripuri session

Subhas Chandra Bose re-elected, defeating Pattabhi Sitaramayya; he later resigned.