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1887: Madras Convention: Badruddin Tayyabji [first Muslim president]
1888: Allahabad Convention: George Yule [First English President]
1889: Mumbai Convention: Proposition of 21 years suffrage
1891: Nagpur Convention: The word national is associated with the name Congress
1893: Lahore Convention: Request to take civil service exam in India
1896: Calcutta Convention: For the first time, Rabindranath Tagore sang Vande Mataram from the stage.
Chairman: Rahimatullah Sayani
1902: Session of Gujarat Sabha: Ahmedabad: Chairman – Surendranath Banerjee: President of the Reception Committee: Ambalal Desai
1906: Calcutta Convention: Dadabhai Navroji – First mention of the word Swaraj (Second time Dadabhai Navroji)
1907: Surat Convention: Chairman – Rashbehari Ghosh: President of the Reception Committee – Tribhovandas Malvi
1911: Calcutta Convention: For the first time, Jan Gun Mann was sung
1912: Bandipur Convention
(A O Hume was called the father of Congress)
1916: Lucknow Convention: Reconciliation with the Muslim League
1917: Calcutta Convention: Chairperson – Anne Besant (First Female Chairperson)
1918: Delhi Convention: The first convention in Delhi
1920: Calcutta Convention: Speaker – Lala Lajpat Rai
(Gandhiji proposed non-cooperation)
1920: Nagpur Convention: Amendments to the Congress Constitution
1921: Ahmedabad Convention
The election for the post of chairman was held for C.R.Das but since he was in jail the chairmanship – Hakim Ajmal Khan did.
Welcome Committee Chairman – Sardar Patel
1923: Kakinada Convention: All India Khadi Board is established
1923: Delhi Convention
Abdul Kalam is the youngest presiding officer
1924: Unrestrained Convention
Chairman: Gandhiji
(Congress and Muslim League split)
1925: Kanpur Convention
Chairman: Sarojini Naidu
(President of the First Indian Women’s Congress)
1929: Lahore Convention
Chairman: Jawaharlal Nehru
Declaration of complete self-government for the first time
Decided to celebrate Independence Day on 26th January every year
1931: Karachi Convention
Chairman: Sardar Patel
Pandit Nehru demanded fundamental rights
In this session, Gandhiji said, “Gandhi will die but Gandhianism will live”.
1937: Faizpura Convention
(Convention held in a village for the first time)
1938: Haripura village of Surat was filled under the presidency of Subhash Chandra Bose
Kanaiyalal Desai, Chairman of the Reception Committee
1939: Tripuri Convention
Subhash Chandra Bose defeats Gandhiji’s candidate Patabhi Sitaramaiah to become president
Subhash Chandra Bose resigned due to Gandhiji’s opposition
Dr.Rajendr Prasad was made the Chairman
1940: A resolution of personal satyagraha is passed in the Congress session
Chairman: Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Since 1939 to 1945, no new president has been elected in the Congress since the World War, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad remained the President.
Thus Molana remained the President of the Congress for the longest time
At the time of independence, JB Kripalani was the chairman
1946: Meerut
After independence, Rajendra Prasad became the Congress President in Dec.1947
Purushottam Tandon was the president of the Congress formed for independence before the Republic of India was formed
The first Lok Sabha elections in India were held in 1951 and the Congress was merged into the National Party
Chairman: Nehruji
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