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 |