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| Flag of India Adopted by Congress in 1931 |
| Session | Place | Year | President |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Session | Bombay | 1885 | WC Bonnerjee |
| 2nd Session | Calcutta | 1886 | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| 3rd Session | Madras | 1887 | Badruddin Tyabji |
| 4th Session | Allahabad | 1888 | George Yule |
| 5th Session | Bombay | 1889 | Sir William Wedderburn |
| 6th Session | Calcutta | 1890 | Pherozeshah Mehta |
| 7th Session | Nagpur | 1891 | P. Ananda Charlu |
| 8th Session | Allahabad | 1892 | WV Bonnerjee |
| 9th Session | Lahore | 1893 | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| 10th Session | Madras | 1894 | Alfred Webb |
| 11th Session | Pune | 1895 | Surendranath Banerjee |
| 12th Session | Calcutta | 1896 | Rahimatullah M. Sayani |
| 13th Session | Amraoti | 1897 | C. Sankaran Nair |
| 14th Session | Madras | 1898 | Ananda Mohan Bose |
| 15th Session | Lucknow | 1899 | RC Dutt |
| 16th Session | Lahore | 1900 | NG Chandavarkar |
| 17th Session | Calcutta | 1901 | Dinshaw Eduljee Wacha |
| 18th Session | Ahmedabad | 1902 | Surendranath Banerjee |
| 19th Session | Madras | 1903 | Lal Mohan Ghosh |
| 20th Session | Bombay | 1903 | Sir Henry Cotton |
| 21st Session | Banaras | 1905 | Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
| 22nd Session | Calcutta | 1906 | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| 23rd Session (Suspended) | Surat | 1907 | Rash Behari Ghosh |
| 23rd Session | Madras | 1908 | Rash Behari Ghosh |
| 24th Session | Lahore | 1909 | Madan Mohan Malaviya |
| 25th Session | Allahabad | 1910 | Sir William Wedderburn |
| 26th Session | Calcutta | 1911 | Bishan Narayan Dar |
| 27th Session | Bankipore | 1912 | Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar |
| 28th Session | Karachi | 1913 | Nawab Syed Mohammed Bahadur |
| 29th Session | Madras | 1914 | Bhupendra Nath Bose |
| 30th Session | Bombay | 1915 | Satyendra Prasanna Sinha |
| 31st Session | Lucknow | 1916 | Ambica Charan Mazumdar |
| 32nd Session | Calcutta | 1917 | Annie Besant |
| (Special Session) | Bombay | August, 1918 | Syed Hasan Imam |
| 33rd Session | Delhi | 1918 | Madan Mohan Malaviya |
| 34th Session | Amritsar | 1919 | Motilal Nehru |
| 35th Session | Nagpur | 1920 | C. Vijayaraghavachariar |
| 36th Session | Ahmedabad | 1921 | Hakim Ajmal Khan (Acting President for CR Das) |
| 37th Session | Gaya | 1922 | Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das |
| 38th Session | Kakinada | 1923 | Mohammad Ali Jouhar |
| (Special Session) | Delhi | September, 1923 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| 39th Session | Belgaum | 1924 | MK Gandhi |
| 40th Session | Cawnpore | 1925 | Sarojini Naidu |
| 41st Session | Gawahati | 1926 | S. Srinivasa Iyengar |
| 42nd Session | Madras | 1927 | MA Ansari |
| 43rd Session | Calcutta | Apr, 1929 | Motilal Nehru |
| 44th Session | Lahore | Dec, 1929 | Pt Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 45th Session | Karachi | 1931 | Vallabbhai J. Patel |
| 46th Session (Banned) | Delhi | 1932 | Madan Mohan Malviya |
| 47th Session | Calcutta | 1933 | Nellie Sengupta |
| 48th Session | Bombay | 1934 | Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
| 49th Session | Lucknow | 1936 | Pt Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 50th Session | Faizpur | 1937 | Pt Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 51st Session | Haripura | 1938 | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| 52nd Session | Tripura | 1939 | Subhash Chandra Bose |
| 53rd Session | Ramgarh | 1940 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| 54th Session | Meerut | 1946 | JB Kripalani |
| 55th Session | Jaipur | 1948 | Pattabhi Sitaraimayya |
Points to Remember
- WC Bonnerjee was the first President to chair Indian National Congress session held in 1885.
- Badruddin Tyabji was the first Muslim President of Congress. He chaired 1887 Madras Session.
- George Yule was the first English President of Congress. He chaired 1888 Allahabad Session.
- In 1907, the Congress was divided into two groups after Surat Session. due to rising tensions between two fractions Moderates and Extremists. The Session was suspended due to skrimish between them
- In 1916, AC Majumdar became the first President of Congress after reunification of Congress following Surat Split.
- In 1917, Annie Besant became first female President of Congress. She chaired 1917 Culcutta Session.
- In 1918, Madan Mohan Malviya proposed Satyameva Jayate from Mundakopanishad as the slogan for Indian Independence movement. It was later adopted as the National Motto of India.
- Sarojini Naidu became first Indian female President of Congress. She chaired 1925 Kanpur Session.
- In 1923, Abul Kalam Azad at the age of 35 became youngest President of Congress.
- In 1924, MK Gandhi became President of Congress. He chaired the Belgaum Session.
- In 1928, Motilal Nehru chaired the Culcutta Session. He also inaugrated the All India Youth Congress.
- In 1929, Jawaharlal Nehru became the President of Congress. He passed the Poorna Swaraj Resolution by masting the Indian flag in 1929 Lahore Session.
- In 1937, for first time, a congress session was held in a village. The Faizpur session was chaired by the Jawaharlal Nehru.
- In 1938, Subhash Chandra Bose became the President of Congress. A National Planning Committe was chaired by the Jawaharlal Nehru.
- In 1939, Subhash Chandra Bose resigned after amid protest from MK Gandhi and Rajendra Prasad replaced him after the session.
- Pattabhi Sitaraimayya chaired the first Congress session in Free India.
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