Indian national congress history
The final idea of the INC was shaped by a retired English civil servant, A.O Hume, who mobilized leading intellectuals of the time and with their cooperation organized the first session of the INC under the Presidentship of Womesh Chandra Bonnerjea at Bombay in December 1885.
Hereafter, the INC met every year in December in a different part of the country. In 1890, Kadambini Ganguly, the first woman graduate of Calcutta University, addressed the congress session.
Aims and Objective of Indian national congress
The following are the aims and objectives of the INC:
- Found a democratic, nationalist movement.
- Politically educate and politicize the people.
- Establish the headquarter for a movement.
- Promote friendly relations among nationalist political workers from across the country.
- Develop an anti-colonial ideology.
- Promote Indian nationhood.
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Sessions and Presidents of Indian national congress
The sessions of the INC were mostly held in the month of December since 1885. Here the list of President of the Indian national congress and sessions with year is given below:
President of Indian national congress |
Sessions (Year) |
Place |
|
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee |
1885 |
Bombay |
|
Dadabhai Naoroji |
1886 |
Calcutta |
|
Badruddin Tyabji |
1887 |
Madras |
|
George Yule |
1888 |
Allahabad |
|
William Wedderburn |
1889 |
Bombay |
|
Pherozeshah Mehta |
1890 |
Calcutta |
|
Anandacharlu |
1891 |
Nagpur |
|
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee |
1892 |
Allahabad |
|
Dadabhai Naoroji |
1893 |
Lahore |
|
Alfred Webb |
1894 |
Madras |
|
Surendranath Banerjee |
1895 |
Poona |
|
Rahimtulla M. Sayani |
1896 |
Calcutta |
|
C. Sankaran Nair |
1897 |
Amaravati |
|
Anandamohan Bose |
1898 |
Madras |
|
Romesh Chunder Dutt |
1899 |
Lucknow |
|
N. G. Chandavarkar |
1900 |
Lahore |
|
Dinshaw Edulji Wacha |
1901 |
Calcutta |
|
Surendranath Banerjee |
1902 |
Ahmedabad |
|
Lalmohan Ghosh |
1903 |
Madras |
|
Henry Cotton |
1904 |
Bombay |
|
Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
1905 |
Banaras |
|
Dadabhai Naoroji |
1906 |
Calcutta |
|
Rashbihari Ghosh |
1907 |
Surat |
|
Rashbihari Ghosh |
1908 |
Madras |
|
Madan Mohan Malaviya |
1909 |
Lahore |
|
William Wedderburn |
1910 |
Allahabad |
|
Bishan Narayan Dar |
1911 |
Calcutta |
|
Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar |
1912 |
Bankipore |
|
Nawab Syed Muhammad Bahadur |
1913 |
Karachi |
|
Bhupendra Nath Bose |
1914 |
Madras |
|
Lord Satyendra Prasanna Sinha |
1915 |
Bombay |
|
Ambica Charan Mazumdar |
1916 |
Lucknow |
|
Annie Besant |
1917 |
Calcutta |
|
Madan Mohan Malaviya |
1918 |
Delhi |
|
Syed Hasan Imam |
1918 |
Bombay (special session) |
|
Motilal Nehru |
1919 |
Amritsar |
|
Lala Lajpat Rai |
1920 |
Calcutta |
|
C. Vijayaraghavachariar |
1920 |
Nagpur (special session) |
|
Hakim Ajmal Khan |
1921 |
Ahmedabad |
|
Chittaranjan Das |
1922 |
Gaya |
|
Mohammad Ali Jouhar |
1923 |
Kakinada |
|
Abul Kalam Azad |
1923 |
Delhi (Special Session) |
|
Mahatma Gandhi |
1924 |
Belgaum |
|
Sarojini Naidu |
1925 |
Kanpur |
|
S. Srinivasa Iyengar |
1926 |
Guwahati |
|
Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari |
1927 |
Madras |
|
Motilal Nehru |
1928 |
Calcutta |
|
Jawaharlal Nehru |
1929 |
Lahore |
|
Jawaharlal Nehru |
1930 |
Karachi |
|
Vallabhbhai Patel |
1931 |
Karachi |
|
Madan Mohan Malaviya |
1932 |
Delhi |
|
Nellie Sengupta |
1933 |
Calcutta |
|
Rajendra Prasad |
1934 |
Bombay |
|
Rajendra Prasad |
1935 |
Lucknow |
|
Jawaharlal Nehru |
1936 |
Lahore |
|
Jawaharlal Nehru |
1937 |
Faizpur |
|
Subhas Chandra Bose |
1938 |
Haripura |
|
Subhas Chandra Bose |
1939 |
Jabalpur |
|
Rajendra Prasad |
1939 |
Tripuri |
|
Abul Kalam Azad |
1940-46 |
Ramgarh |
|
J. B. Kripalani |
1946-47 |
Meerut |
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FAQs on INC
Q.) Who was the first president of Indian national congress?
Ans.) The first president of INC was elected in the year 1885 and presided over the first session of INC at Bombay. Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee was the first president of INC.
Q.) Who was the first woman president of Indian national congress?
Ans.) The first woman president of INC was elected in the year 1917 and presided over the Calcutta session of INC. Annie Besant was the first woman president of INC.
Q.) Who was the first Muslim president of Indian national congress?
Ans.) The first Muslim president of INC was elected in the year 1887 and presided over the third session of INC at Madras. Badruddin Tyabji was the first Muslim president of INC.
Q.) What is INC full form?
Ans.) The INC was formed in 1885 by a retired English civil servant, A.O Hume in year 1885. The INC full form is Indian National Congress.
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