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    The Congress was formed in 1885 with 72 delegates attending its first session in Bombay under the presidency of W.C. Banerjee. Some key events include the Surat split in 1907 which divided the Congress into two factions, and 'Jana Gana Mana' being sung for the first time in 1911 in Calcutta under B.N. Dhar. The last president before independence in 1947 was J. B. Kripalani.

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    The Congress was formed in 1885 with 72 delegates attending its first session in Bombay under the presidency of W.C. Banerjee. Some key events include the Surat split in 1907 which divided the Congress into two factions, and 'Jana Gana Mana' being sung for the first time in 1911 in Calcutta under B.N. Dhar. The last president before independence in 1947 was J. B. Kripalani.

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    The Congress was formed in 1885 with 72 delegates attending its first session in Bombay under the presidency of W.C. Banerjee. Some key events include the Surat split in 1907 which divided the Congress into two factions, and 'Jana Gana Mana' being sung for the first time in 1911 in Calcutta under B.N. Dhar. The last president before independence in 1947 was J. B. Kripalani.

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    Congress (1885-1947)

    SSC MTS 2023 SPECIAL Imp Sessions + President

    👉 Viceroy during Formation — Duffrin


    👉 1st Session President — W C Banarjee
    👉 Congress Split into 2 Parts — Surat (1907)

    👉 Jan Gana Man Sung 1st time — Kolkata (1911)


    👉 President (time of Independence) – J Kripalani
    Congress (1885 – 1947)
    Imp. Sessions, Year, President, Venue,
    Events (Imp. Facts)
    Old Name: Indian National Union

    Renamed by: Dada Bhai Naoroji


    👉 Indian National Congress (INC)

    Voiceroy: Dufferin

    • Place: Gokul Das Tejpal Sanskrit College,


    Bombay
    • 72 Delegates
    Date: 28 December 1885
    • Founder: Allen Octavian Hume (A.O. HUME)

    1st Chairman of INC : W.C. Benerjee , 1885, Bombay

    • 1st Muslim Chairman: Badruddin Tyabji, 1887, Madras

    DadaBhai Nauroji president: 1886, 1893 and 1906


    Respectively Calcutta, Lahore, Calcutta

    1st Englishman Chairman: George Yule, 1888, Allahabad


    Year — 1885
    Venue — Bombay
    President/Chairman — W.C. Benerjee
    Imp. Fact — only 72 delegates participated

    Year — 1886
    Venue — Calcutta
    President/Chairman — Dadabhai Nauroji
    Imp. Fact — Grand old man of India
    Year — 1887
    Venue — Madras
    President/Chairman — Badaruddin Taiyabji
    Imp. Fact — 1st Muslim President

    Year — 1888
    Venue — Allahabad
    President/Chairman — George Yule
    Imp. Fact — 1st Englishman Chairman of INC
    Session Year Place President
    1st Session 1885 (Dec. 28-30) Bombay Womesh
    Chandra
    Bonnerjee
    2nd Session 1886 (Dec. 27-30) Calcutta Shri Dadabhai
    Naoroji
    3rd Session 1887 (Dec. 27-30) Madras Badruddin Tyabji
    4th Session 1888 (Dec. 26-29) Allahabad George Yule
    5th Session 1889 (Dec. 26-28) Bombay Sir William
    Wedderburn
    Year — 1896
    Venue — Calcutta
    President/Chairman — Rahimtulla Sayani
    Imp. Fact — 1st time sung VANDE MATARAM

    Year — 1905
    Venue — Banaras
    President/Chairman — Gopal Krishna Gokhle
    Imp. Fact — Servants of India
    Year — 1906
    Venue — Calcutta
    President/Chairman — Dadabhai Naoroji
    Imp. Fact — 1st time use of SWARAJ word

    Year — 1907
    Venue — Surat

    President/Chairman — Rasbihari Ghosh


    Imp. Fact — Surat split, Division of Congress into Moderates &
    Extremists.
    Year — 1911
    Venue — Calcutta
    President/Chairman — B. N. Dhar ( Bishannarayan Dhar)
    Imp. Fact — 1st time sung JAN-GAN-MAN

    Year — 1916
    Venue — Lucknow
    President/Chairman — Ambikacharan Majumdar
    Imp. Fact — Congress + Muslim league & Moderates +
    Extremists became unite
    Year — 1920
    Venue — Nagpur
    President/Chairman — Veer Raghavachari
    Imp. Fact — One special session (1920) Calcutta- Lala lajpat rai
    Non- cooperation movement pased

    Year — 1923
    Venue — Delhi
    President/Chairman — Abul Kalam Aazaad
    Imp. Fact — Most youngest chairman (35 years) and till 6 years
    (1940-1946) longest time ever in INC
    1940: Ramgarh : Abul Kalam Azad
    Year — 1924
    Venue — Belgaum
    President/Chairman — Mahatma Gandhi
    Imp. Fact — 1st time Gandhi ji presided the session and 1st time
    participated in 1901 and that time President was Dinshaw Wacha
    ( Calcutta session:1901)

    Year — 1929
    Venue — Lahore
    President/Chairman — Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
    Imp. Fact — Demand of Purn Swaraj ( Complete Independence)
    Year — 1931
    Venue — Karanchi
    President/Chairman — Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
    Imp. Fact — Demand of Fundamental rights

    Year — 1937
    Venue — Faizpur
    President/Chairman — Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru
    Imp. Fact — 1st session of INC held in Village
    Year — 1938
    Venue — Haripura
    President/Chairman — Subhashchandra Bose
    Imp. Fact — Also he was elected as president in 1939 of Tripuri Session
    but at last Tripuri session was presided by Rajendra Prasad.

    Year — 1946
    Venue — Meerut
    President/Chairman — J. B. Kriplani
    Imp. Fact — President at the time of our Independence (1947) But
    in a special session of INC held in Delhi (1947): Rajendra Prasad
    Conclusion
    • Founder: Allen Octavian Hume (A.O. HUME)

    1st Chairman of INC : W.C. Benerjee , 1885, Bombay

    • 1st Muslim Chairman: Badruddin Tyabji, 1887, Madras

    DadaBhai nauroji president: 1886, 1893 and 1906


    Respectively Calcutta, Lahore, Calcutta

    1st Englishman Chairman: George Yule, 1888, Allahabad


    1st Female president of INC: Annie Besant (1917), Calcutta

    1st Indian woman president: Sarojini


    Naidu (1925), Kanpur

    • Surat Split : 1907

    • Purn Swaraj : 1929

    • Lucknow Pact : 1916


    • 1948: Jaipur session – Pattabhi Sitarmaiya

    • 1950 : Nasik – Purushottam Das Tondon

    • 3 times Woman President of INC

    • 1917- Annie Besant ( Calcutta)


    • 1925- Sarojini Naidu ( Kanpur)
    • 1933- Nelli Sengupta (Calcutta)
    • Longest serving & Youngest
    president: Abul Kalam Azad

    • 1st session of INC held in Village : 1937, Faizpur U.P.


    • Chittaranjan Das became the president
    of the Indian National Congress in the
    Gaya session in 1922.

    Motilal Nehru became the president of the


    Indian National Congress in the Calcutta
    session in 1928.
    Mallikarjun Kharge Current president of
    Congress
    Q..
    Who denounced Congress as “ Microscopic minority?”
    किसने ि ांग्रेस िो ‘सूक्ष्म अल्पसांख्यि’ िह थ ?

    a) Sayyed Ahmed Khan


    b) Dufferin
    c) Cornwallis
    d) Dalhousie

    Option : B
    Q..
    Who didn’t attend the founding session of Indian
    National Congress?
    कनम्नकिखित में से िौन भ रतीय र ष्ट्रीय ि ांग्रेस िे स्थ पन सत्र
    में उपखस्थत नही ां थ ?

    a) DadaBhai Nauroji
    b) Surendranath Benerjee
    c) G Subramanian Ayyer
    d) Justice Ranade

    Option : B
    In 1889, a committee was formed to win the support
    Q..of the Congress in Britain, whose president was who
    among the following?
    1889 में, किटे न में ि ांग्रेस ि समथथ न ह कसि िरने िे किए एि
    सकमकत ि गठन किय गय , इसिे अध्यक्ष कनम्नकिखित में से
    िौन थे ?
    a) Mr. Digby
    b) William Wadderbern
    c) DadaBhai nauroji
    d) Mahatma Gandhi

    Option : A
    Q..
    The Congress is teetering on its downfall and one of
    my greatest ambitions while in India is to assist in its
    peaceful demise." This announcement was made in

    a) Curzon
    b) Dufferin
    c) Dalhousie
    d) Syyed Ahmed Khan

    Option : A
    Q..Which among the following Congress sessions was
    known for concession of separate electorates for the
    Muslims by the Congress Party?
    कनम्नकिखित ि ांग्रेस अकिवेशनोां में से िौन-स ि ांग्रेस प टी द्व र
    मुसिम नोां िे किए पृथि कनव थचि मांडि िी ररय यत िे किए
    जन जत थ?

    a) 1916, Lucknow Pact • President: Ambika Charan


    Majumdar
    b) 1917, Calcutta
    c) 1913, Karanchi
    d) None
    Option : A
    Consider the following statements:
    Q..
    1. Sarojini Naidu was the first woman president of
    the Indian National Congress.

    2. The first Muslim President of the Indian National


    Congress was Badruddin Tyabji.

    Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

    Only 2
    Q..
    When was ‘Jana-Gana-Mana’ first sung?
    जन गण मन पहिी ब र िब गय गय थ ?

    a) 1911 • 27 dec 1911, in Calcutta

    b) 1912
    c) 1910
    d) 1919

    Option : A
    Q..
    Who among the trio Lal, Bal, Pal became president of
    the Congress?
    कत्रगुट ि ि, ब ि, प ि में से ि ांग्रेस ि अध्यक्ष िौन बन ?

    a) Lala Lajpat Rai


    b) Balgangadhar Tilak
    c) Vipin Chandrapal
    d) None

    Option : A
    Q..
    Surat Split was happened in?
    सूरत कवभ जन िब हुआ थ ?

    a) 1906
    b) 1907
    c) 1909
    d) 1908

    Option : B
    Founder Allan Octavian Hume (A.O. Hume)

    Formation Date
    28 December 1885, Mumbai

    On 28 December 1885, the Indian


    National Congress was founded at
    Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in
    Bombay, with 72 delegates in
    Key People attendance. Hume assumed office as
    the General Secretary, and Womesh
    Chunder Bonnerjee of Calcutta was
    elected president.
    Question for You
    Which among the following was the ONLY session of Indian
    National Congress that was presided by Mahatma Gandhi?
    कनम्नकिखित में से िौन स भ रतीय र ष्ट्रीय ि ांग्रेस ि एिम त्र अकिवेशन थ
    कजसिी अध्यक्षत मह त्म ग ांिी ने िी थी?

    a) Karachi
    b) Belgaum
    c) Lahore
    d) Calcutta
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