Important INC Sessions: The history of INC has been of great interest in all Competitive exams. At least a few questions are always asked from this topic in every exam whether it be UPSC, State Civil Service Exam, SSC, or any other exam. So, it becomes the topmost priority of the candidates preparing for competitive exams to prepare the history of ICS as thoroughly as possible so as to ensure that no questions is left attempted.
This post contains a list of the most important INC sessions and the Presidents who presided over the meetings of the session.
List of Important INC Sessions
Year | Place | President |
1885, 1882 | Bombay , Allahabad | W.C Bannerji |
1886 | Calcutta | Dadabhai Naoroji |
1893 | Lahore | Dadabhai Naoroji |
1906 | Calcutta | Dadabhai Naoroji |
1887 | Madras | Badruddin Tyyabji (fist Muslim President) |
1888 | Allahabad | George Yule (first English President) |
1889 | Bombay | Sir William Wedderburn |
1890 | Calcutta | Sir Feroze S.Mehta |
1895, 1902 | Poona , Ahmedabad | S.N Banerjee |
1905 | Banaras | G.K Gokhale |
1907, 1908 | Surat , Madras | Rasbehari Ghosh |
1909 | Lahore | M.M Malviya |
1916 | Lucknow | A.C Majumdar (Re-union of the Congress) |
1917 | Calcutta | Annie Besant (first woman President) |
1919 | Amritsar | Motilal Nehru |
1920 | Calcutta (Special Session) | Lala Lajpat Rai |
1921,1922 | Ahmadabad, Gaya | C.R Das |
1923 | Delhi (Special session) | Abdul Kalam Azad (youngest President) |
1924 | Belgaon | M.K Gandhi |
1925 | Kanpur | Sarojini Naidu (first Indian woman President) |
1928 | Calcutta | Motilal Nehru (first All India Youth Congress Formed) |
1929 | Lahore | J.L. Nehru (Poorna Swaraj resolution was passed) |
1931 | Karachi | Vallabhbhai Patel (Here, resolution on Fundamental rights and the National Economic Program was passed) |
1932, 1933 | Delhi , Calcutta | (Session Banned) |
1934 | Bombay | Rajendra Prasad |
1936 | Lucknow | J.L. Nehru |
1937 | Faizpur | J.L Nehru (first session in a village) |
1938 | Haripura | S.C Bose (a National Planning Committed set-up under J.L Nehru). |
1939 | Tripuri | S.C.Bose was re-elected but had to resign due to a protest by Gandhiji (as Gandhiji supported Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya). Rajendra Prasad was appointed in his place. |
1940 | Ramgarh | Abdul Kalam Azad |
1946 | Meerut | Acharya J.B Kriplani |
1948 | Jaipur | Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya. |
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