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Sessions of Indian National Congress

Sessions of Indian National Congress::
Year
Venue
President
1885, 1882
Bombay , Allahabad
W.C.Bannerji
1886
Calcutta
Dadabhai Naoroji
1893
Lahore
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1906
Calcutta
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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 (sp.session)
Lala Lajpat Rai
1921,1922
Ahmedabad, Gaya
C.R.Das
1923
Delhi (sp.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 rightsand 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 underJ.L.Nehru).
1939
Tripuri
S.C.Bose was re-elected but had to resign due to protestby Gandhiji (as Gandhiji supported Dr.Pattabhi Sitaramayya). Rajendra Prasadwas appointed in his place.
1940
Ramgarh
Abdul Kalam Azad
1946
Meerut
Acharya J.B.Kriplani
1948
Jaipur
Dr.Pattabhi Sitaramayya.


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