Year | Venue | President |
1885, 1882 | Bombay , Allahabad | W.C.Bannerji |
1886 | Calcutta | Dadabhai Naoroji |
1893 | Lahore | " |
1906 | Calcutta | " |
1887 | Madras | Badruddin Tyyabji (fist Muslim President) |
1888 | Allahabad | George Yule (first English President) |
1889 | Bombay | Sir William Wedderburn |
1890 | Calcutta | Sir Feroze S.Mehta |
1895, 1902 | Poona , Ahmedabad | S.N.Banerjee |
1905 | Banaras | G.K.Gokhale |
1907, 1908 | Surat , Madras | Rasbehari Ghosh |
1909 | Lahore | M.M.Malviya |
1916 | Lucknow | A.C.Majumdar (Re-union of the Congress) |
1917 | Calcutta | Annie Besant (first woman President) |
1919 | Amritsar | Motilal Nehru |
1920 | Calcutta (sp.session) | Lala Lajpat Rai |
1921,1922 | Ahmedabad, Gaya | C.R.Das |
1923 | Delhi (sp.session) | Abdul Kalam Azad (youngest President) |
1924 | Belgaon | M.K.Gandhi |
1925 | Kanpur | Sarojini Naidu (first Indian woman President) |
1928 | Calcutta | Motilal Nehru (first All India Youth Congress Formed) |
1929 | Lahore | J.L.Nehru (Poorna Swaraj resolution was passed) |
1931 | Karachi | Vallabhbhai Patel (Here, resolution on Fundamental rightsand the National Economic Program was passed) |
1932, 1933 | Delhi , Calcutta | (Session Banned) |
1934 | Bombay | Rajendra Prasad |
1936 | Lucknow | J.L.Nehru |
1937 | Faizpur | J.L.Nehru (first session in a village) |
1938 | Haripura | S.C.Bose (a National Planning Committed set-up underJ.L.Nehru). |
1939 | Tripuri | S.C.Bose was re-elected but had to resign due to protestby Gandhiji (as Gandhiji supported Dr.Pattabhi Sitaramayya). Rajendra Prasadwas appointed in his place. |
1940 | Ramgarh | Abdul Kalam Azad |
1946 | Meerut | Acharya J.B.Kriplani |
1948 | Jaipur | Dr.Pattabhi Sitaramayya. |