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The document lists the years, locations, and presidents of the Indian National Congress sessions from 1835 to 1947. Some key details include: - The first session was in Bombay in 1835 with W.C. Bonnerji as president. - Important early presidents included Dadabhai Naoroji, Badruddin Tyabji (first Muslim president), and G.K. Gokhale. - Significant later presidents were Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhas Chandra Bose, and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. - Resolutions passed included demands for independence and self-rule. -

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1835

The document lists the years, locations, and presidents of the Indian National Congress sessions from 1835 to 1947. Some key details include: - The first session was in Bombay in 1835 with W.C. Bonnerji as president. - Important early presidents included Dadabhai Naoroji, Badruddin Tyabji (first Muslim president), and G.K. Gokhale. - Significant later presidents were Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Subhas Chandra Bose, and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. - Resolutions passed included demands for independence and self-rule. -

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1835 – Bombay – W.C.

Bonnerji (It was attended by 72 delegates)

1886 – Calcutta – Dadabhai Naoroji

1887 – Madras – Badruddin Tyabji (First Muslim President)

1888 – Allahabad – George Yule (First English President)

1889 – Bombay – William Wedderburn

1890 – Calcutta – Sir Pherozshah Mehta

1891 – Nagpur – P. Anandacharlu

1892 – Allahabad – W.C. Bonnerji

1893 – Lahore – Dadabhai Naoroji

1894 – Madras – A. Webb (He was an Irish member of the British


Parliament)

1895 – Poona – Surendranath Banerjee

1896 – Calcutta – M.A. Sayani

1897 – Amravati – C. Sankaran Nair

1898 – Madras – Anandamohan Bose

1899 – Lucknow – Romesh Chandra Dutt

1900 – Lahore – N.G. Chandravarkar

1901 – Calcutta – Dinshaw E. Wacha

1902 – Ahmedabad – Surendranath Banerjee

1903 – Madras – Lal Mohan Ghose

1904 – Bombay – Sir Henry Cotton

1905 – Banaras – G.K. Gokhale


1906 – Calcutta – Dadabhai Naoroji (Swaraj as the goal of the
Indian National Congress)

1907 – Surat – Ras Behari Ghos (Split in the Congress)

1908 – Madras – Ras Behari Ghosh

1909 – Lahore – Madan Mohan Malaviya

1910 – Allahabad – William Wedderburn

1911 – Calcutta – Bishan Narayan Dhar

1912 – Patna – R.N. Mudhoka;

1913 – Karachi – Nawab Syed Mohammad

1914 – Madras – Bhupendranath Bose

1915 – Bombay – S.P. Sinha

1915 – Lucknow – A C. Majumdar (Congress merger and pact with


the Muslim League)

1917 – Calcutta – Mrs. Annie Besant (First Woman President)

1918 – Delhi – Madan Mohan Malaviya

1919 – Amritsar – Pandit Motilal Nehru

1920 – Nagpur – C. Vijaya Raghavachariyar (Changes in the


constitution of the Congress)

1921 – Ahmedabad – Hakim Ajmal Khan (Acting president as


President C.R. Das was in prison).

Year Venue President


1922 – Gaya – C.R. Das (Formation of Swaraj Party)

1923 – Kakinada – Maulana Muhammad Ali

1924 – Belgaum – Mahatma Gandhi


1925 – Kanpur – Mrs. Sarojini Naidu (First Indian Woman
President)

1926 – Gauhati- Srinivas Iyengar

1927- Madras – M.A. Ansari (Independence Resolution passed for


the first time)

1928 – Calcutta – Motilal Nehru (First All-India Youth Congress


formed)

1929 – Lahore – Jawaharlal Nehru (Poorna Swaraj Resolution


Passed)

1930 – No session due to Civil Disobedience Movement- Jawaharlal


Nehru continued as the President

1931 – Karachi – Vallabhai Patel (Resolution on fundamental


Rights and National Economic Policy adopted).

1932 – Delhi – Amrit Ranchhoddas Seth

1933 – Calcutta – Mrs. Nellie Sengupta

1934 – Bombay – Dr. Rajendra Prasad

1935 – No session – Continuation of Dr. Rajendra Prasad as


President

1936 – Lucknow – Jawaharlal Nehru

1937 – Faizpur -Jawaharlal Nehru (First session to be held in a


village and along with the Congress session was held the second
session of the All India Kisan Congress)

1938 – Haripura – Subhas Chandra Bose

1939 – Tripuri – Subhas Chandra Bose (Resignation of Bose and


Rajendra Prasad took over)

1940 – Ramgarh – Mauiana Abul Kalam Azad


1941-1945 – No session on account of the launching of the Quit
India Movement. – Continuation of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

1946 – Meerut – Acharya J.B. Kripalani

1947 – Delhi – Rajendra Prasad

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