Congress Sessions

Indian History · कांग्रेस अधिवेशन · 19 facts

INC = 28 Dec 1885 | Founder: A.O. Hume | First President: W.C. Bonnerjee | Place: Bombay

FIRST President: W.C. Bonnerjee (1885, Bombay)

FIRST Muslim President: Badruddin Tyabji (1887, Madras)

FIRST English/European President: George Yule (1888, Allahabad)

FIRST Woman President: Annie Besant (1917, Calcutta)

FIRST Indian Woman President: Sarojini Naidu (1925, Kanpur)

Gandhi was president ONLY once: Belgaum 1924

Youngest President: Abul Kalam Azad (1923, at age 35)

INC founded 28 Dec 1885 at Bombay by A.O. Hume

First president: W.C. Bonnerjee; 72 delegates attended

First English president: George Yule (1888)

Vande Mataram first sung at 1896 Calcutta session

'Swaraj' first used by Dadabhai Naoroji (1906, Calcutta)

Surat Split 1907: Moderates vs Extremists

Lal-Bal-Pal = Lajpat Rai, Tilak, Bipin Chandra Pal (Extremists)

Lucknow Pact 1916: Congress-Muslim League unity

Annie Besant = first woman president (1917)

Sarojini Naidu = first Indian woman president (1925, Kanpur)

Gandhi president only once: Belgaum 1924