20 Most Important Congress Session before Indian Independance

20 Most Important Indian National Congress Session before Indian Independance

INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (INC)

Founded by A. O. Hume (British) in association with various national leaders in 1984 and called for conference in Pune in 1985.
Named this organisation "Indian National Union".
Later its name changed to "Indian National Congress" as suggested by Dada Bhai Naoroji.
Venue of 1st session was shifted from Pune to Mumbai due to outbreak of Cholera at Pune.
1st session held in December 1985 in Mumbai, it got unanimous support of all Indian Leaders.
1st session was attended by 72 Delegates from all over India.
1st President: W. C. Banarjee
In this session Indian National Congress decided to meet every year.
With the foundation of INC, the struggle for "Indian Independence" became an organised movement.

Few Statement about INC:

"INC represent only a microscopic minorities" : Lord Dufferin (1884-1888 Viceroy)

"The Congress is Tottering to its fall, and one of my great ambitions, while in India, is to assist it to a peaceful demise" : Lord Curzon (1899-1905 Viceroy)


Below is the list of 20 Most Important Congress Session of Pre-Independence India.

YEAR	PLACE	CHAIRPERSON	KEY POINTS / REMARKS
1885	Bombay	W. C. Banarjee	1st Session, 72 Delegates
1886	Calcutta	DBN	436 Deligates
1887	Madras	Badruddin Tayabji	1st  Muslim President
1888	Allahabad	George Yule	1st  English President
1896	Calcutta		Vande Matram 1st sung by Ravindra Nath Tagore (Annand Math Novel).
1905	Banaras	G. K. Gokhle	Anti Partition Movement
1906	Calcutta	DBN	1st Time demand of swaraj
1907	Surat	Ras Bihari Ghose	Surat Split of Congress
1911	Calcutta		Jana Gana Mana
1916	Lucknow	A. C. Majumdar	Merger of Moderate and extremist, Lucknow pact between congress and League.
1917	Calcutta	Annie Besant	1st Woman President
1922	Gaya	C. R. Das
1923	Kakinada	Abul Kalam Azad	Youngest President
1924	Belgam	M. K. Gandhi	1st Time
1925	Kanpur	S. Naidu	1st Indian Woman President
1929	Lahore	J. L. N (Gandhi ji)	1st Time demand of Poorna swaraj, Tricolor hoisted: River Ravi, 26 Jan 1930: Independence Day
1931	Karachi	V. Patel	Resolution: Fundamental Rights and Economic Planning
1938	Haripura	S. C. Bose
1939	Tripuri	S. C. Bose
1940	Ramgarh	Abul Kalam Azad

Few Important Points: 
Maximum Number of Congress session held in Calcutta.
Longest duration serving President: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 

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