IMPORTANT SESSION OF INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS ( INC )

YEAR : 1885

PLACE : MUMBAI

PRESIDENT : WOMESH CHANDRA BANERJEE

SIGNIFICANT EVENT : IT WAS THE FIRST SESSION OF INC .

YEAR : 1887

PLACE : MADRAS

PRESIDENT : BADRUDDIN TAYABJI

SIGNIFICANT EVENT : IT WAS THE FIRST SESSION TO BE PRESIDED A MUSLIM .

YEAR : 1888

PLACE : ALLAHABAD

PRESIDENT : GEORGE YULE 

SIGNIFICANT EVENT : IT WAS THE FIRST SESSION TO BE PRESIDED AN ENGLISHMAN .

YEAR : 1896

PLACE : KOLKATA 

PRESIDENT : RAHIMTULLA M SAYANI

SIGNIFICANT EVENT : THE NATIONAL SONG , VANDE MATRAM WAS SUNG FOR THE FIRST TIME .

YEAR : 1907

PLACE : SURAT 

PRESIDENT : RASH BEHARI GHOSH

SIGNIFICANT EVENT : THE INC SPLIT INTO TWO GROUPS , ONE CONSISTING OF MODERATES , LED BY G.K. GOKHALE AND THE OTHER CONSISTING OF EXTREMIST , LED BY B.G. TILAK .

YEAR : 1911 

PLACE : KOLKATA 

PRESIDENT : PANDIT BISHAN NARAYAN DAR

SIGNIFICANT EVENT : THE NATIONAL ANTHEM , JANA GANA MANA WAS SUNG FOR THE FIRST TIME . 

YEAR : 1916 

PLACE : LUCKNOW 

PRESIDENT : AMBICA CHARAN MAZUMDAR

SIGNIFICANT EVENT : THE LUCKNOW PACT WAS SIGNED BETWEEN AND INC AND MUSLIM LAEGUE AT JOINT SESSION  HELD IN LUCKNOW IN 1916 .

YEAR : 1917 

PLACE : KOLKATA 

PRESIDENT : MRS. ANNIE BESANT

SIGNIFICANT EVENT : IT WAS THE FIRST SESSION TO BE PRESIDED A LADY .

YEAR : 1923

PLACE : DELHI 

PRESIDENT : MAULANA AZAD

SIGNIFICANT EVENT : MAULANA AZAD  WAS APPOINTED AS THE YOUNGEST PRESIDENT .

YEAR : 1924

PLACE : BELGAUM

PRESIDENT : MAHATMA GANDHI 

SUGNIFICANT EVENT : THE ONLY SESSION OF INC PRESIDED BY MAHATMA GANDHI . 

YEAR : 1925 

PLACE :  KANPUR 

PRESIDENT : MRS. SAROJINI NAIDU

SIGNIFICANT EVENT :  IT WAS THE FIRST SESSION TO BE PRESIDED AN INDIAN LADY .

YEAR : 1928

PLACE : CALCUTTA

PRESIDENT : MOTILAL NEHRU

SIGNIFICANT EVENT : FORMATION OF ALL INDIA YOUTH CONGRESS .

YEAR : 1929 

PLACE : LAHORE 

PRESIDENT : PT. JAWAHARLAL NEHRU 

SIGNIFICANT EVENT : CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE MOVEMENT WAS LAUNCHED TO ACHIEVE COMPLETE INDEPEDENCE . DECISION WAS TAKEN TO OBSERVE 26 JAN AS INDEPEDENCE DAY . NEHRU BECAME THE PRESIDENT FOR THE FIRST TIME .

YEAR : 1937

PLACE : FAIZPUR ( MAHARASHTRA ) 

PRESIDENT : P.T. JAWAHARLAL NEHRU

SIGNIFICANT EVENT :  IT WAS THE FIRST SESSION TO BE CONDUCTED IN VILLAGE .

YEAR : 1939

PLACE : TRIPURA

PRESIDENT : DR. RAJENDRA PRASAD 

SIGNIFICANT EVENT : SUBASH CHANDRA BOSE RESIGNED AND MADE FORWARD BLOC .

YEAR : 1946

PLACE : MEERUT

PRESIDENT : J.B. KRIPLANI

SIGNIFICANT EVENT : IT WAS THE LAST PRE-INDEOENDENCE SESSION OF INC .

YEAR : 1948

PLACE : JAIPUR

PRESIDENT : DR. PATTABHAI SITTARAMAIYAH

SIGNIFICANT EVENT : IT WAS THE FIRST SESSION AFTER INDEPENDENCE .