Congress

  • The Indian National Congress is one of the oldest and largest political parties in India, founded in 1885 by Allan Octavian Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Wacha, and others.
  • The Congress played a crucial role in the Indian independence movement, and many of its leaders, including Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, were instrumental in shaping modern India.
  • The Congress has held numerous sessions and events over the years, including annual meetings, special sessions, and rallies.
  • The first session of the Indian National Congress was held in Bombay (now Mumbai) in December 1885, with 72 delegates attending.
  • The second session was held in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in December 1886, and the third session was held in Madras (now Chennai) in December 1887.
  • The Congress has held a total of 84 sessions as of 2021, with the latest session being the 84th All India Congress Committee held in January 2021.
  • The Congress has had numerous presidents over the years, including:
  • Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee (1885-1887)
  1. Dadabhai Naoroji (1888)
  2. George Yule (1888-1889)
  3. Ananda Mohan Bose (1890)
  4. Pherozeshah Mehta (1891)
  5. Surendranath Banerjee (1892-1893)
  6. Alfred Webb (1894)
  7. Rahimtulla M. Sayani (1895)
  8. P. Ananda Charlu (1896)
  9. Sir C. Sankaran Nair (1897)
  10. Sir Surendranath Banerjee (1898-1902)
  11. Lalmohan Ghose (1902-1904)
  12. Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1905-1907)
  13. Rash Behari Ghosh (1907-1908)
  14. Dadabhai Naoroji (1908-1909)
  15. Madan Mohan Malaviya (1909-1910)
  16. Lala Lajpat Rai (1910-1912)
  17. B. G. Tilak (1913-1914)
  18. G. S. Khaparde (1914-1915)
  19. Annie Besant (1917)
  20. Ambica Charan Majumdar (1918)
  21. Madan Mohan Malaviya (1919)
  1. Vijayaraghavachariar (1920)
  2. Lala Lajpat Rai (1920-1921)
  3. Chittaranjan Das (1921-1923)
  4. Vithalbhai Patel (1924)
  5. R. Jayakar (1925)
  6. Sarojini Naidu (1925-1929)
  7. Jawaharlal Nehru (1929-1931)
  8. Vallabhbhai Patel (1931-1932)
  9. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (1938-1939)
  10. Rajendra Prasad (1934-1935, 1939-1947)
  11. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (1940-1946)
  12. B. Kripalani (1946-1947)

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