Who presided the first session of Indian National Congress? *
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Dadabhai Naoroji
Justice Narade
Pherozeshah Mehta
W.C. Banerjee
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The Indian National Congress is a political party in India with widespread roots.[1] Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa.[a][2] From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. Congress led India to independence from Great Britain,[b][3][c][4] and powerfully influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire.[d][2]
President of the Indian National Congress
Sonia Gandhi (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Sonia Gandhi
since 10 August 2019
Type
political office
Residence
24, Akbar Road, New Delhi-110001
Appointer
consisting the members of the Indian National Congress from the National and State Committees
Term length
no term limit
Constituting instrument
Constitution of the Indian National Congress
Formation
April 1885
First holder
Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
(1885–1886)
Website
www.inc.in
Congress is a secular party whose social democratic platform is generally considered to be on the centre-left of Indian politics.[5] Congress' social policy is based upon the Gandhian principle of Sarvodaya—the lifting up of all sections of society—which involves the improvement of the lives of economically underprivileged and socially marginalised people.[6][7] The party primarily endorses social democracy—seeking to balance individual liberty and social justice, welfare and secularism. Its constitution states democratic socialism to be its ideal.[8]
After the party's foundation in 1885, Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee became its first president. A total of sixty one people have served as the president of the Indian National Congress.[9] Sonia Gandhi is the longest serving president of the Congress party, having held the office for nineteen years from 1998 to 2017