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Session | Year | President | Place | Important Characteristics |
First Session | 1885 | Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee | Bombay (Mumbai) | Formation of the Indian National Congress. |
Second Session | 1886 | Dadabhai Naoroji | Calcutta (Kolkata) | Adoption of the goal of “Self-Government” for India. |
Third Session | 1887 | Dadabhai Naoroji | Madras (Chennai) | Demand for Indian representation in the Imperial Legislature. |
Fourth Session | 1888 | George Yule | Allahabad | Formation of the Indian National Congress Association. |
Fifth Session | 1889 | Sir William Wedderburn | Bombay (Mumbai) | Demand for administrative reforms and local self-government. |
Sixth Session | 1890 | Pherozeshah Mehta | Calcutta (Kolkata) | Focus on social reform and education. |
Seventh Session | 1891 | Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee | Nagpur | Advocacy for civil rights and constitutional reforms. |
Eighth Session | 1892 | Dadabhai Naoroji | Allahabad | Demand for economic justice and Indian representation in the Legislative Councils. |
Ninth Session | 1893 | Dadabhai Naoroji | Lahore | Highlighted issues of poverty, famines, and education. |
Tenth Session | 1894 | Alfred Webb | Madras (Chennai) | Focus on economic issues, including land revenue systems. |
Eleventh Session | 1895 | Surendranath Banerjee | Poona (Pune) | Advocacy for Indianization of civil services. |
Twelfth Session | 1896 | Rahimtulla M. Sayani | Calcutta (Kolkata) | Stressed on the need for political reforms. |
Thirteenth Session | 1897 | C. Sankaran Nair | Amraoti (Amravati) | Advocated for the protection of Indian industries. |
Fourteenth Session | 1898 | Ananda Mohan Bose | Madras (Chennai) | Discussed the importance of the Swadeshi movement. |
Fifteenth Session | 1899 | R. C. Dutt | Lucknow | Focused on the promotion of national education. |
Sixteenth Session | 1900 | Nawab Syed Muhammad Bahadur | Lahore | Emphasized on communal harmony and national unity. |
Seventeenth Session | 1901 | Dinshaw Edulji Wacha | Calcutta (Kolkata) | Addressed issues of economic exploitation. |
Eighteenth Session | 1902 | Surendranath Banerjee | Ahmedabad | Advocated for the promotion of cottage industries. |
Nineteenth Session | 1903 | Lala Lajpat Rai | Madras (Chennai) | Demanded for the reversal of Partition of Bengal. |
Twentieth Session | 1904 | Henry John Stedman Cotton | Bombay (Mumbai) | Called for political unity among Indians. |
Twenty-first Session | 1905 | Gopal Krishna Gokhale | Banaras (Varanasi) | Focused on the abolition of the partition of Bengal. |
Twenty-second Session | 1906 | Dadabhai Naoroji | Calcutta (Kolkata) | Establishment of All India Muslim League. |
Twenty-third Session | 1907 | Rashbihari Ghosh | Surat | Split between the moderates and extremists. |
Twenty-fourth Session | 1908 | Rashbihari Ghosh | Madras (Chennai) | Emphasis on the use of boycott as a political weapon. |
Twenty-fifth Session | 1909 | Madan Mohan Malaviya | Lahore | Acceptance of Morley-Minto Reforms. |
Twenty-sixth Session | 1910 | Sir William Wedderburn | Allahabad | Advocacy for constitutional reforms. |
Twenty-seventh Session | 1911 | Bishan Narayan Dar | Calcutta (Kolkata) | Support for Home Rule League. |
Twenty-eighth Session | 1912 | Rahimtulla M. Sayani | Bankipore (Patna) | Call for the abolition of the Arms Act. |
Twenty-ninth Session | 1913 | Bhupendra Nath Bose | Karachi | Advocacy for Indianization of the Indian Army. |
Thirtieth Session | 1914 | Satyendra Prasanno Sinha | Madras (Chennai) | Passage of the resolution on the Home Rule. |
Thirty-first Session | 1915 | Ambica Charan Mazumdar | Bombay (Mumbai) | Support for the Home Rule Movement. |
Thirty-second Session | 1916 | Annie Besant | Lucknow | Formation of the Lucknow Pact between Congress and Muslim League. |
Thirty-third Session | 1917 | Madan Mohan Malaviya | Calcutta (Kolkata) | Advocacy for reforms in legislative councils. |
Thirty-fourth Session | 1918 | Syed Hasan Imam | Delhi | Advocacy for the Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms. |
Thirty-fifth Session | 1919 | Motilal Nehru | Amritsar | Rejection of the Rowlatt Act and Jallianwala Bagh massacre. |
Thirty-sixth Session | 1920 | C. Vijayaraghavachariar | Nagpur | Launch of Non-Cooperation Movement. |
Thirty-seventh Session | 1921 | Hakim Ajmal Khan | Ahmedabad | Advocacy for constructive work and Khilafat Movement. |
Thirty-eighth Session | 1922 | CR Das | Gaya | Formation of Swaraj Party |
Thirty-ninth Session | 1923 | Abul Kalam Azad | Kakinada | Support for the Swarajist Party. |
Fortieth Session | 1924 | Mahatama Gandhi | Belgaum | Only session presided by Mahatama Gandhi |
Forty-first Session | 1925 | Sarojini Naidu | Kanpur | First Indian Woman President |
Forty-second Session | 1926 | S. Srinivasa Iyengar | Gauhati (Guwahati) | Rejection of the Simon Commission. |
Forty-third Session | 1927 | Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari | Madras (Chennai) | Demand for full responsible government in India. |
Forty-fourth Session | 1928 | Motilal Nehru | Calcutta (Kolkata) | Adoption of Nehru Report for constitutional reforms, Formation of All India Youth Congress |
Forty-fifth Session | 1929 | Jawaharlal Nehru | Lahore | Adoption of complete independence as Congress goal (Purna Swaraj). |
Forty-sixth Session | 1930 | Vallabhbhai Patel | Karachi | Launch of Civil Disobedience Movement. |
Forty-seventh Session | 1931 | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel | Karachi | Resolutions on Fundamental Rights and National Economic Programme, Gandhi-Irwin Pact and suspension of Civil Disobedience Movement. |
Forty-eighth Session | 1932 | Madan Mohan Malaviya | Delhi | Decision to participate in the Round Table Conferences. |
Forty-ninth Session | 1933 | Nellie Sengupta | Calcutta (Kolkata) | Demand for the release of political prisoners. |
Fiftieth Session | 1934 | Rajendra Prasad | Bombay (Mumbai) | Emphasis on the need for agrarian reforms,Amendment in the Constitution of Congress |
Fifty-first Session | 1935 | Jawaharlal Nehru | Lucknow | Advocacy for the promotion of social justice. |
Fifty-second Session | 1936 | Jawaharlal Nehru | Faizpur | First session conducted in a village |
Fifty-third Session | 1937 | Jawaharlal Nehru | Fyzabad | Advocacy for the establishment of a planned economy. |
Fifty-fourth Session | 1938 | Subhas Chandra Bose | Haripura | National Planning Committee set up under Jawahar Lal Nehru |
Fifty-fifth Session | 1939 | Rajendra Prasad | Tripuri | Resignation of Subhash Chandra Bose from Congress Presidency. |
Fifty-sixth Session | 1940 | Maulana Abul Kalam Azad | Ramgarh | Advocacy for the individual Satyagraha Movement, Phase of constitutional negotiations such as Cripps Mission, Wavell Plan and Cabinet Mission. |
Fifty-seventh Session | 1946 | Acharya J. B. Kripalani | Meerut | Passage of the resolution accepting the Cabinet Mission Plan. |
Fifty-eighth Session | 1947 | Jawaharlal Nehru | Delhi | Adoption of a resolution for Indian independence. |