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INC Annual Sessions
Answer | Answer |
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1885, Bombay W C Bonnerjee | 1st session attended by 72 delegates |
1886, Calcutta Dadabhai Naoroji | Merger of National Congress and National Conference |
1887, Syed Badruddin Tyabji | Appeal made to Muslims to join hands with other national leaders |
1888, George Yule | First English president |
1896, Calcutta | National song ‘Vande Mataram’ sung for the first time by Rabindranath Tagore |
1905, Gopal Krishna Gokhale | Expressed resentment against the partition of Bengal |
1907, Surat Rash Behari Ghosh | Party splits into extremists and moderates |
1909, Madan Mohan Malaviya | Indian Councils Act, 1909 |
1911, Calcutta | ‘Jana Gana Mana’ sung for the first time |
1916, Lucknow Ambica Charan Mazumdar | Lucknow Pact – joint session with the Muslim League |
1917, Calcutta Annie Besant | First woman president of the INC |
1925, Sarojini Naidu | First Indian woman president |
1928, Calcutta, Motilal Nehru | All India Youth Congress formed |
1929, Lahore, Jawaharlal Nehru | Resolution for ‘Poorna Swaraj.’ Civil Disobedience movement for complete independence to be launched, 26 January to be observed as ‘Independence Day’. |
1930 | No Session – – |
1931, Vallabhbhai Patel | Resolution on fundamental rights and national economic progress. Gandhi-Irwin pact endorsed. Gandhi nominated to represent INC in the second round table conference |
1937, Faizpur, Jawaharlal Nehru | First session to be held in a village |
1938, Subhas Chandra Bose | National planning committee set up under Nehru |
1939, Subhas Chandra Bose | Bose was elected but had to resign since Gandhi supported Pattabhi Sitaramayya. Instead Rajendra Prasad was appointed |
1941-45 | No session because of arrest |
1946, Meerut, Acharya Kripalani | Last session before independence |
1948, Jaipur, Pattabhi Sitaramayya | First session after independence |