Indian National Congress sessions list with additional info

Introduction

• The Indian National Congress (INC) was formed on – 28 December 1885.
• Father of Indian National Congress – retired Civil Service officer Allan Octavian Hume.
• The Viceroy of India at the time of formation of the Indian National Congress – Lord Dufferin.
• Lord Dufferin told that Indian National Congress represents only microscopic minorities.
• The Indian National Congress conducted its first session in Bombay from 28 to 31 December 1885.
• Originally the first session of the INC was proposed at Poona, but because of an outbreak of plague in Poona, the venue was shifted to Bombay.

Indian National Congress Sessions list

Indian National Congress Sessions with important points

Important Fact about the President of the Indian National Congress

➧ First President of Indian National Congress.
☛ Womesh Chunder Banerjee

➧ First Parsi president of Indian National Congress.
☛ Dadabhai Naoroji

➧ First Muslim President of Indian National Congress.
☛ Syed Badruddin Tyabji

➧ First English President of Indian National Congress.
☛ George Yule

➧ Second English president of the Indian National Congress after George Yule.
☛ William Wedderburn

➧ First Woman President of Indian National Congress.
☛ Annie Besant

➧ First Indian Woman President of Indian National Congress.
☛ Sarojini Naidu

➧ Youngest President of the Indian National Congress.
☛ Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
• He was elected as a president at the age of 35.

➧ President of 1948, Jaipur session  (First session after independence)
☛ Pattabhi Sitaramayya

➧ President of 1946, Meerut session (First session before independence)
☛ J. B. Kripalani

Indian National Congress sessions with major facts

➧ Dadabhai Naoroji became the president of the Indian National Congress.
☛ 3 times
◘ Session List
• 1886 – Calcutta
• 1893 – Lahore
• 1906 – Calcutta

➧ Pt Jawaharlal Nehru became the president of the Indian National Congress.
☛ 7 times
◘ Session List
• 1928 – Kolkata
• 1929 – Lahore
• 1936 – Lucknow
• 1937 – Faizpur
• 1951 – Delhi
• 1953 – Hyderabad
• 1954 – Kalyani

➧ Maximum sessions of the Indian National Congress were held in
☛ Calcutta (9 Times)

➧ The First Session of the Indian National Congress was held in a Village.
☛ Faizpur, 1937, 50th Session (In Maharashtra)

➧ Second Session of the Indian National Congress, which was held in a Village.
☛ Haripura (Gujarat), 1938, 51st Session

➧ Only session presided by Mahatma Gandhi.
☛ The Belgaum session, 1924

➧ Subhas Chandra Bose becomes the president of the Indian National Congress in
☛ Haripura Sessions (Gujarat), 1938

Important Event of the  Sessions of the Indian National Congress

National Song – Vande Mataram

☛ The song Vande Mataram was composed in the Sanskrit language.

☛ And It was composed by Bankimchandra Chatterji.

☛ It has an equal status with the national anthem Jana-Gana-Mana.

☛ It was sung in the 1896 session of the Indian National Congress.

The word ‘Swaraj’ used first time

☛ The word ‘Swaraj’ was first used by Dadabhai Naouraji in the Congress session held in Calcutta in 1906.
☛ Swaraj means self-governance or ‘Self-rule’

☛ It was used synonymously with “home-rule” by Maharishi Dayanand Saraswati and later on by Mohandas Gandhi.

☛ Dadabhai Navroji claimed that he had learned the word Swaraj from the Satyarth Prakash of Dayananda Saraswati.

The Surat Split

☛ The Surat Split was the splitting of the Indian National Congress into two groups at the Surat session in 1907.

1. The Extremists and the
2. Moderates
☛ 1885-1905 was known as the period of the moderates.

☛ The Moderates used petitions, meetings, resolutions, pamphlets, memoranda and delegations to voice their demands to the British government.

☛ Their method has been called 3P – Prayers, Petition and Protest.

☛ On the other hand the Extremists believed in self-reliance as a weapon against domination.

The National anthem song “Jana-Gana-Mana”

☛ The song Jana-gana-mana, was composed originally in Bengali.
☛ The song was composed by Rabindranath Tagore.

☛ It was adopted by the Constituent Assembly as the national anthem of India on 24 January 1950.

☛ It was first sung on 27 December 1911 at the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress.

☛ The complete song consists of five stanzas.
☛ The first stanza contains the full version of the National Anthem

☛ The playing time of the full version of the national anthem is approximately 52 seconds

Non-cooperation resolution

☛ Gandhi announced the launching of the Non-Cooperation Movement in August 1920.

☛ In December 1920, Congress met in the Nagpur Session and adopted the Non-Cooperation Movement.

☛ Originally Gandhiji wished to pass the resolution of the Non-Cooperation Movement in the Calcutta session.

The merger of the Indian National Congress and the Indian National Association

☛ The Indian Association was founded by Surendranath Banerjee and Ananda Mohan Bose in 1876.

☛ Later Indian Association merged with the Indian National Congress in 1886.

Lucknow Pact

☛ The Lucknow Pact was an agreement between the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League (AIML).
☛ The pact was signed at the joint session of both the parties held in Lucknow in December 1916.

☛ Through the pact, the two parties agreed to allow representatives of religious minorities in the provincial legislatures.

Resolution for Purna Swaraj

☛ The Indian National Congress, on 19 December 1929, passed the historic ‘Purna Swaraj’ – (total independence) resolution – at its Lahore session.

☛ A public declaration was made on 26 January 1930 – a day which the Congress Party urged Indians to celebrate as ‘Independence Day.

Previous Year Questions about the Sessions of the Indian National Congress

1. Who is called the ‘Father of Indian National Congress’? (WBCS Prelims – 2020)
A. MK Gandhi
B. A.O Hume
C. B.G Tilak
D. SN Banerjee

2. Indian National Congress was founded by _ (WBCS Prelims – 2019)
A. Motilal Nehru
B. SN Banerjee
C. B.G Tilak
D.A.O Hume

3. At which session of the INC was “Vande Mataram” sung for the first time? (WBCS Prelims – 2019)
A. 1920 session
B. 1906 session
C. 1896 session
D. 1922 session

4. The first session of the INC was presided by – (WBCS Prelims – 2019)
A. WC Banerjee
B. S.N Banerjee
C. Aurobindo Ghosh
D. Bipin Chandra Pal

5. In which session of Congress the demand of “Poorna Swaraj” was accepted as the aim of the Congress? (SSC Section Officer (Audit) Exam. 1997 )
A. Calcutta
B. Madras
C. Nagpur
D. Lahore

6. In which session of the Indian National Congress the tricolor flag was unfurled for the first time?
(SSC Section Officer 2003)
A. Calcutta Session, 1920
B. Annual Session of Congress in Nagpur, 1920
C. Lahore Congress, 1929
D. Haripura Congress Conference, 1938

7. Who is called the ‘Father of the Indian National Congress?
(SSC Tax Assistant 2005)
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. A.O. Hume
C. Lokmanya Tilak
D. Surendra Nath Banerjee

8. Who was the first woman President of Congress? (SSC Tax Assistant 2006)
A. Mrs. Annie Besant
B. Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
C. Mrs. Nellie Sengupta
D. Aruna Asaf Ali

9. ‘Poorna Swaraj’ (Complete Independence) was declared to be the goal of the Indian National Congress in its Session of _ (SSC Section Officer (Commercial Audit Exam. 2006 )
A. Lucknow, 1916
B. Lahore, 1929
C. Tripuri, 1939
D. Lahore, 1940

10. After leaving the Congress, Subhash Chandra Bose formed __ in 1939
(SSC Tax Assistant 2007)
A. Socialist Bloc
B. Revolutionary Socialist Bloc
C. Forward Bloc
D. Socialist-Congress Bloc

11. The first General Secretary of the Indian National Congress was _ (SSC CPO Sub-Inspector 2007)
A. Dadabhai Naoroji
B. A.O. Hume
C. Ferozeshah Mehta
D. Badruddin Tyabji

12. The Indian National Congress had passed the famous resolution on “Non-Cooperation” in 1920 at its session held at _ (SSC CPO Sub-Inspector 2007)
A. Lucknow
B. Nagpur
C. Bombay
D. Calcutta

13. The Indian National Congress and the Muslim League came closer to each other in 1916 at
(SSC CPO Sub-Inspector 2007)
A. Lahore
B. Amritsar
C. Lucknow
D. Haripura

14. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress when the Mountbatten Plan of independence was accepted?
(SSC CGL Prelim 2008)
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Sardar Patel
C. Maulana Azad
D. Acharya J. B. Kripalani

15. Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress?
(SSC CPO Sub-Inspector 2008)
A. Muhammed Ali Jinnah
B. Badruddin Tyabji
C. Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
D. Abul Kalam Azad

16. The first woman President of the Indian National Congress was
(SSC CGL)
A. Kamala Devi Chattopadhyaya
B. Sarojini Naidu
C. Annie Besant
D. Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

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