Indian National Congress Sessions and Significance
Indian National Congress Sessions
| Year | Location | President | Importance |
| 1885 | Bombay | W C Bonnerjee | Was held on 28 to 30 December 1885 at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College. 1st session attended by 72 delegates |
| 1886 | Calcutta | Dadabhai Naoroji | National Congress and National Conference |
| 1887 | Madras | Syed Badruddin Tyabji | Appeal made to Muslims to join hands with other national leaders |
| 1888 | Allahabad | George Yule | First English president |
| 1889 | Bombay | Sir William Wedderburn | – |
| 1890 | Calcutta | Feroz Shah Mehta | – |
| 1891 | Nagpur | P. Ananda Charlu | – |
| 1892 | Allahabad | W C Bonnerjee | – |
| 1893 | Lahore | Dadabhai Naoroji | – |
| 1894 | Madras | Alfred Webb | – |
| 1895 | Poona | Surendranath Banerjee | – |
| 1896 | Calcutta | Rahimtullah M. Sayani | National song ‘Vande Mataram’ sung for the first time |
| 1897 | Amravati | C. Sankaran Nair | – |
| 1898 | Madras | Ananda Mohan Bose | – |
| 1899 | Lucknow | Romesh Chandra Dutt | Demand for permanent fixation of Land revenue |
| 1900 | Lahore | N G Chandavarkar | – |
| 1901 | Calcutta | Dinshaw E. Wacha | – |
| 1902 | Ahmedabad | Surendranath Banerjee | – |
| 1903 | Madras | Lal Mohan Ghosh | – |
| 1904 | Bombay | Sir Henry Cotton | – |
| 1905 | Benares | Gopal Krishna Gokhale | Expressed resentment against the partition of Bengal |
| 1906 | Calcutta | Dadabhai Naoroji | The word ‘Swaraj’ was mentioned for the first time Four resolutions were Adopted: Swaraj (Self Government), Boycott Movement, Swadeshi & National Education |
| 1907 | Surat | Rash Behari Ghosh | Split on INC into extremists and moderates |
| 1908 | Madras | Rash Behari Ghosh | |
| 1909 | Lahore | Madan Mohan Malaviya | |
| 1910 | Allahabad | Sir William Wedderburn | – |
| 1911 | Calcutta | Bishan Narayan Dhar | ‘Jana Gana Mana’ sung for the first time |
| 1912 | Bankipore (Patna) | Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar | – |
| 1913 | Karachi | Syed Mohammed | – |
| 1914 | Madras | Bhupendra Nath Basu | – |
| 1915 | Bombay | Satyendra Prasanna Sinha | – |
| 1916 | Lucknow | Ambica Charan Mazumdar | Lucknow Pact between two Moderates and Extremists of Congress joint session with the Muslim League |
| 1917 | Calcutta | Annie Besant | First woman president of the INC |
| 1918 | Bombay And Delhi | Syed Hasan Imam (Bombay) And Madan Mohan Malaviya (Delhi) | Two sessions were held. First in Bombay in August/September Second in Delhi in December |
| 1919 | Amritsar | Motilal Nehru | Jallianwala Bagh massacre strongly condemned Congress extended support to Khilafat Movement |
| 1920 (Special Session): | Calcutta. | Lala Lajpat Rai | Mahatma Gandhi moved the Non cooperation resolution |
| 1920 | Nagpur | C Vijayaraghavachariar | Reconstitution of Working committees of Congress on Linguistic basis MA Jinnah left the Indian National Congress |
| 1921 | Ahmedabad | Hakim Ajmal Khan (acting President For C R Das) | |
| 1922 | Gaya | C R Das | CR Das and other leaders broke away from INC Formation of Swaraj Party |
| 1923 | Kakinada | Maulana Mohammad Ali, | – |
| 1924 | Belgaum | M K Gandhi | Only Session presided over by Mahatma Gandhi |
| 1925 | Kanpur | Sarojini Naidu | First Indian woman president |
| 1926 | Guwahati | S Srinivasa Iyengar | – |
| 1927 | Madras | M A Ansari | Passed a resolution against boycott of Simon Commission |
| 1928 | Calcutta | Motilal Nehru | All India Youth Congress formed |
| 1929 | Lahore | Jawaharlal Nehru | Passed the resolution on ‘Poorna Swaraj.’ ’ Civil Disobedience movement for complete independence to be launched, 26 January to be observed as ‘Independence Day’. |
| 1930 | No Session | – | – |
| 1931 | Karachi | 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 to be held in London |
| 1932 | Delhi | Amrit Ranchhorddas Seth | – |
| 1933 | Calcutta | Malaviya Was Elected But Mrs Nellie Sengupta Presided | – |
| 1934 | Bombay | Rajendra Prasad | – |
| 1936 | Faizpur | Jawaharlal Nehru | First rural session/first session to be held in a village |
| 1937 | Lucknow | Jawaharlal Nehru | – |
| 1938 | Haripura | Subhas Chandra Bose | National planning committee set up under Nehru |
| 1939 | Tripuri | Subhas Chandra Bose | Bose was elected but had to resign since Gandhi supported Pattabhi Sitaramayya. Rajendra Prasad was appointed Subhash Chandra Bose formed Forward Bloc |
| 1940 | Ramgarh | Abul Kalam Azad | – |
| 1941-1945 | – | – | No session because of arrest |
| 1946 | Meerut | Acharya Kripalani | Last session before independence |
| 1948 | Jaipur | Pattabhi Sitaramayya | First session after independence |