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Sessions |
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No. of Session |
Year |
Place |
President |
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1st Session |
1885 |
Bombay |
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee |
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2nd Session |
1886 |
Calcutta |
Dadabhai Naoroji |
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3rd Session |
1887 |
Madras |
Badruddin Tyabji |
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4th Session |
1888 |
Allahabad |
George Yule |
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5th Session |
1889 |
Bombay |
Sir William Wedderburn |
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6th Session |
1890 |
Calcutta |
Sir Pherozeshah Mehta |
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7th Session |
1891 |
Nagpur |
P. Ananda Charlu |
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8th Session |
1892 |
Allahabad |
Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee |
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9th Session |
1893 |
Lahore |
Dadabhai Naoroji |
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10th Session |
1894 |
Madras |
Alfred Webb |
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11th Session |
1895 |
Pune |
Surendranath Banerjee |
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12th Session |
1896 |
Calcutta |
Rahimtulla M. Sayani |
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13th Session |
1897 |
Amraoti (Mah.) |
Sir C. Sankaran Nair |
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14th Session |
1898 |
Madras |
Ananda Mohan Bose |
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15th Session |
1899 |
Lucknow |
Romesh Chander Dutta |
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16th Session |
1900 |
Lahore |
Sir Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar |
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17th Session |
1901 |
Calcutta |
Sir Dinshaw Edulji Wacha |
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18th Session |
1902 |
Ahmedabad |
Surendranath Banerjee |
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19th Session |
1903 |
Madras |
Lal Mohan Ghosh |
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20th Session |
1904 |
Bombay |
Sir Henry Cotton |
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21st Session |
1905 |
Benaras |
Gopal Krishna Gokhale |
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22nd Session |
1906 |
Calcutta |
Dadabhai Naoroji |
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Suspended Session |
1907 |
Surat |
Dr. Rash Behari Ghosh |
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23rd Session |
1908 |
Madras |
Dr. Rash Behari Ghosh |
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24th Session |
1909 |
Lahore |
Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya |
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25th Session |
1910 |
Allahabad |
Sir William Wedderburn |
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26th Session |
1911 |
Calcutta |
Pt. Bishan Narayan Dhar |
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27th Session |
1912 |
Bankipore (Patna) |
Rao Bahadur Raghunath |
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Narasinha Modholkar |
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28th Session |
1913 |
Karachi |
Nawab Syed Mohammad Bahadur |
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29th Session |
1914 |
Madras |
Bhupendra Nath Basu |
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30th Session |
1915 |
Bombay |
Lord Satyendra Prasanna Sinha |
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31st Session |
1916 |
Lucknow |
Ambica Charan Mazumdar |
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32nd Session |
1917 |
Calcutta |
Dr. Annie Besant |
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33rd Session |
1918 |
New Delhi |
Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya |
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Special Session |
1918 |
Bombay |
Syed Hasan Imam |
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34th Session |
1919 |
Amritsar |
Pandit Motilal Nehru |
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35th Session |
1920 |
Nagpur |
C. Vijayaraghavachariar |
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Special Session |
1920 |
Calcutta |
Lala Lajpat Rai |
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36th Session |
1921 |
Ahmedabad |
Hakim Ajmal Khan |
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37th Session |
1922 |
Gaya (Bihar) |
Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das |
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38th Session |
1923 |
Cocanada (Andhra) |
Maulana Mohammad Ali |
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Special Session |
1923 |
New Delhi |
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
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39th Session |
1924 |
Belgaum (Karnataka) |
Mahatma Gandhi |
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40th Session |
1925 |
Cawnpore |
Mrs. Sarojini Naidu |
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41st Session |
1926 |
Gauhati |
S. Srinivasa Iyengar |
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42nd Session |
1927 |
Madras |
Dr. M. A. Ansari |
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43rd Session |
1928 |
Calcutta |
Pt. Motilal Nehru |
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44th Session |
1929 |
Lahore |
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
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45th Session |
1931 |
Karachi |
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
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46th Session (Banned) |
1932 |
New Delhi |
(without President) |
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Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya was elected as
President |
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47th Session (Banned) |
1933 |
Calcutta |
(Mrs. Nellie Sengupta presided) |
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Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya was again elected
President. |
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48th Session |
1934 |
Bombay |
Dr. Rajendra Prasad |
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49th Session |
1936 |
Lucknow |
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
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50th Session |
1937 |
Faizpur |
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
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51st Session |
1938 |
Haripura |
Subhas Chandra Bose |
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52nd Session |
1939 |
Tripuri |
Subhas Chandra Bose |
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53rd Session |
1940 |
Ramgarh |
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
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54th Session |
1946 |
Meerut |
Acharya J. B. Kripalani |
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55th Session |
1948 |
Jaipur |
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya |
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56th Session |
1950 |
Nasik |
Purshottam Das Tandon |
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57th Session |
1951 |
New Delhi |
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
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58th Session |
1953 |
Hyderabad |
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
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59th Session |
1954 |
Kalyani |
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
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60th Session |
1955 |
Avadi (Madras) |
U. N. Dhebar |
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61st Session |
1956 |
Amritsar |
U. N. Dhebar |
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62nd Session |
1957 |
Indore |
U. N. Dhebar |
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63rd Session |
1958 |
Gauhati |
U. N. Dhebar |
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64th Session |
1959 |
Nagpur |
U. N. Dhebar |
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65th Session |
1960 |
Bangalore |
Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy |
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66th Session |
1961 |
Bhavnagar |
Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy |
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67th Session |
1962 |
Patna |
Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy |
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68th Session |
1964 |
Bhubaneshwar |
K. Kamaraj |
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69th Session |
1965 |
Durgapur |
K. Kamaraj |
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70th Session |
1966 |
Jaipur |
K. Kamaraj |
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71st Session |
1968 |
Hyderabad |
S. Nijalingappa |
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72nd Session |
1969 |
Faridabad |
S. Nijalingappa |
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73rd Session |
1969 |
Bombay |
Babu Jagjivan Ram |
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74th Session |
1972 |
Calcutta |
Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma |
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75th Session |
1975 |
Chandigarh |
Dev Kanta Borooah |
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76th Session |
1978 |
New Delhi |
Smt. Indira Gandhi |
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77th Session |
1983 |
Calcutta |
Smt. Indira Gandhi |
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78th Session |
1985 |
Bombay |
Rajiv Gandhi |
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79th Session |
1992 |
Tirupati (Andhra) |
P. V. Narasimha Rao |
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80th Session |
1997 |
Calcutta |
Sitaram Kesri |
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81st Session |
2001 |
Bangalore |
Smt. Sonia Gandhi |
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82nd Session |
2006 |
Hyderabad |
Smt. Sonia Gandhi |
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