History-Study Mate –Indian National Congress (INC)-Part A

Indian National Congress

Objective Its objective was to obtain a greater share in govt. for educated Indians & to
create a platform for civic & political dialogue between educated Indians &
the British raj
Year related
Parameter Year Importance
Founded 1885
First session of INC 1885 (28-31 Dec) Was attended by 72 delagates
First Muslim to become 1887
president of INC
First Englishmen to become 1888
president of INC
National song Vande Mataram 1896
was first sung
National Anthem, Jana Gana 1911
mana was first sung

First joint session of INC & 1916

Muslim League
Session of INC where wearing 1917
of khadi was made compulsory
for its workers
First split of INC 1907 Extremists of Bal Gangadhar
Tilak/Moderates of Gopal Krishna Gokhale
First woman president of INC 1917
The only session of INC 1924
presided over by Mahatma
Gandhi
First Indian woman president 1925
of INC
INC demand for complete 1929 (Lahore session) President –J L Nehru
independence in /Poorna
Swaraj
Declared as ‘Poorna swaraj 1930 (26 Jan)
Diwas’/26 jan observed as
Independence day
Woman president of INC 1917,1925,1933
Session Banned 1932,1933
First session in a village 1937
A national planning committee 1938 President –S C Bose
set up Under J L Nehru
S C Bose was re-elected &
resigns due to protest by
Gandhiji
First session after
independence
Parameter
First session
First Muslim to become
president of INC
First English President
National song Vande Mataram
was first sung
Congress splits into extremists
& moderates
National Anthem, Jana Gana
mana was first sung in the INC
session
First session to be presided by
a lady
First joint session of INC &
Muslim League/Re union of
the congress
Session of INC where wearing
of khadi was made compulsory
for its workers
The only session of INC
presided over by Mahatma
Gandhi
First session to be presided by
an Indian lady
Session of INC where demand
1939
1948 (Jaipur) President-Pattabhi Sitaramaya
Session Related
Place/Session Importance
Mumbai 1)Was attended by 72 delagates
2)Venue was Poona .But the venue of the
meeting was shifted to Bombaay as poona
became infected with cholera
3)At Gokuldas tejpal Sanskrit College
4)Presided by Eminent barriseter of
Calcutta , Mr W.C.Banerjee
4)Mr Hume was elected as first general
secretary of INC
5)Nine resolution were passed in this first
session
6)The first session was held from 28-31 dec
Madras session (1887) President –Badruddin Tyabji
Madras session (1888) President-George Yule
Calcutta session (1896) President-Rahimtulla M Sayani
Surat session (1907) President-Rash behari Ghosh
Calcutta session (1911) President –Bishn Narayan Das
Calcutta session (1917) President-Anni Besant
Lucknow Session (1916) President-A C Majumdar
Calcutta session(1917)
Belgaum (1924)
Kanpur (1925) President-sarojini Naidu
Lahore (1929) President was Jawaharlal Nehru
for complete independence
was made /Poorna swaraj
Resolution on Fundamental
rights & the national economic
program was passed
First session in a village
A national planning committee
set up Under J L Nehru
S C Bose was re-elected but
had to resign due to protest by
Gandhiji
Last session before the
independence of India
First session after the
independence of India
Parameter
Founded by
First President of INC
Viceroy of British India when
the INC was founded
First Englishmen to become
president of INC
First woman president of INC
President in Session of INC
where wearing of khadi was
made compulsory for its
workers
President of Belagum session
in 1924
First Indian woman president
of INC
Woman president of INC
Youngest president of INC
First Muslim to become
president of INC
President of INC at the time of
independence
Presided by first Muslim
Karachi (1931) President-Vallabhbahi Patel
Faizpur (1937) President-J L Nehru
Haripura (1938) President –S C Bose
Tripuri (1939) Gandhiji supported Dr. pattabhi
Sitaramayya .Rajendra Prasad appointed as
president
Merrut (1946) President –Acharya J B kripalini
Jaipur (1948) President –Dr pattabhi Sitaramayya
Person Related
Person Importance
Allan Octavian Hume (1885) He was a retired officer
Womesh Chandra Baneerjee
Lord Dufferin
George Yule (1888) In Allahabad session
Mrs Annie Besant (1917)
Mrs Annie Besant (1917)
Mahatma Gandhi (only this
session)
Mrs sarojini Naidu (1925)
Mrs Annie besant (1917)/Mrs
Sorojini Naidu (1925)/Mrs
Nellie Sengupta (1933)
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad In Delhi special session
(1923)
Badrudin tayabji (1887) In Madras session
Acharya J B Kripalani (1946)
Badruddin Tyabji
president
Jawaharlal Nehru become Lahore session (1929) President –J L Nehru
president of INC/The decision
to launch a civil disobediene
movement to achieve
complete independence /To
observe 26 Jan as
Independence day was taken
Dadabhai Naoroji become Lahore session (1893) He remarked : “let us always remember
president of that we are children of our mother country
…..”
All India youth congress Motilal Nehru(1928)
formed by