Indian National Congress - Points to remember
| The first president of Indian National Congress was Womesh Chandra Banerji |
| The first session of the INC was held in Dec 1885 in Mumbai. |
| Mahatma Gandhi presided over the Belgaum session of INC in 1924. |
| The first woman president of INC was Mrs Annie Besant. |
| The first Indian woman president of the INC was Mrs Sarojini Naidu |
| The first Englishman to become the president of INC was George Yule |
| The first Muslim president of the INC was Badruddin Tayabji. |
| The president of INC at the time of India's independence was Acharya JB Kriplani. |
Important sessions of Indian National Congress
| Year | Place | President | Importance |
|---|
| 1887 | Madras | Badruddin Tayabji | First session to be presided by a Muslim. |
| 1888 | Allahabad | George Yule | First session to be presided by an Englishman. |
| 1896 | Kolkata | Rahimtulla M Sayani | The National Song, Vande Mataram was sung for the first time. |
| 1907 | Surat | Rashbihari Ghosh | The INC split into two, one consisting of Moderates, led by Gokhale and the other consisting of Extremists, led by Tilak. |
| 1911 | Kolkata | Pandit Bishan Narayan Dar | The National Anthem, Jana Gana Mana was sung for the first time. |
| 1916 | Lucknow | Ambica Charan Mazumdar | Joint session with Muslim league in which the historic Lucknow pact was signed. |
| 1917 | Kolkata | Mrs Annie Besant | First session to be presided by a Lady. |
| 1925 | Kanpur | Mrs Sarojini Naidu | First session to be presided by an Indian lady. |
| 1929 | Lahore | Pt Jawaharlal Nehru | The decision to launch a civil disobedience movement to achieve complete independence and to observe 26 Jan as Independence Day was taken. Nehru became the president for the first time. |
| 1946 | Meerut | Acharya JB Kriplani | Last pre-independence session of the INC. |
| 1948 | Jaipur | Dr Pattabhi Sitaramayya | First session after Independence. |
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