Question

Show ten places where different sessions of congress were held between 1885-1947.

Answer 1

Madras, calcutta, pune, amraoti, allahabad, nagpur, lucknow, lahore(1 session of congress was held)

Answer 2

Year Place President

1885, 1882 Bombay , Allahabad W.C Bannerji

1886 Calcutta Dadabhai Naoroji

1893 Lahore Dadabhai Naoroji

1906 Calcutta Dadabhai Naoroji

1887 Madras Badruddin Tyyabji (fist Muslim President)

1888 Allahabad George Yule (first English President)

1889 Bombay Sir William Wedderburn

1890 Calcutta Sir Feroze S.Mehta

1895, 1902 Poona , Ahmedabad S.N Banerjee

1907, 1908 Surat , Madras Rasbehari Ghosh

1909 Lahore M.M Malviya

1916 Lucknow A.C Majumdar (Re-union of the Congress)

1917 Calcutta Annie Besant (first woman President)

1919 Amritsar Motilal Nehru

1920 Calcutta (Special Session) Lala Lajpat Rai

1921,1922 Ahmadabad, Gaya C.R Das

1923 Delhi (Special session) Abdul Kalam Azad (youngest President)

1924 Belgaon M.K Gandhi

1925 Kanpur Sarojini Naidu (first Indian woman President)

1928 Calcutta Motilal Nehru (first All India Youth  Congress Formed)

1929 Lahore J.L. Nehru (Poorna Swaraj resolution was passed)

1931 Karachi Vallabhbhai Patel (Here, resolution on Fundamental rights and the National Economic Program was passed)

1932, 1933 Delhi , Calcutta (Session Banned)

1934 Bombay Rajendra Prasad

1936 Lucknow J.L. Nehru

1937 Faizpur J.L Nehru (first session in a village)

1938 Haripura S.C Bose (a National Planning Committed set-up under J.L Nehru).

1939 Tripuri S.C.Bose was re-elected but had to resign due to protestby Gandhiji (as Gandhiji supported Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya). Rajendra Prasadwas appointed in his place.

1940 Ramgarh Abdul Kalam Azad

1946 Meerut Acharya J.B Kriplani

1948 Jaipur Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya.