| Year | Place | Importance |
| 1885 | Bombay | At Gokuldas Tcjpal Sanskrit College, 72 delegates |
| 1886 | Calcutta | 436 delegates |
| 1887 | Madras | Tayabji became first Muslim President |
| 1888 | Allahabad | George Yule became first English President |
| 1889 | Bombay | Congress represented all areas of British India |
| 1890 | Calcutta | Decision taken to organise a session of Congress in London |
| 1895 | Poona | Demand for a representative body only for educated class |
| 1898 | Madras | Social reform was set as the main goal |
| 1907 | Surat | Congress split |
| 1908 | Madras | Constitution for the Congress |
| 1916 | Lucknow | Congress merger. Pact with Muslim League, Gandhi attended |
| 1917 | Calcutta | Annie Besant became 1st women President |
| 1920 | Nagpur | Gandhian programme was adopted. Change in congress constitution |
| 1921 | Ahmedabad | Hasrat Mohani demanded for complete independence |
| 1922 | Gaya | Formation of Swaraj Party |
| 1924 | Belgaum | Gandhi became President |
| 1925 | Kanpur | Sarojini Naidu became 1st Indian women President |
| 1927 | Madras | Nehru and S. C. Bose moved resolution for independence and it was passed for the 1st time |
| 1928 | Calcutta | First All India Youth Congress |
| 1929 | Lahore | 'Poorna Swaraj' (Complete Independence) resolution and pledge for Independence day on 26 January 1930 |
| 1931 | Karachi | Resolution for Fundamental Rights and National Economic Policy |
| 1934 | Bombay | Formation of Congress Socialist Party |
| 1936 | Lucknow | Support for socialism through democracy |
| 1937 | Faizpur | Demand for Constituent Assembly |
| 1938 | Haripura | Purna Swaraj was to cover also princely states |
| 1939 | Tripuri | S. C. Bose resigned due to difference with Gandhi, after resignation |