Who was elected as the president of the madras congress committee in 1922?
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EV Ramasamy aka Periyar was elected as the president of the madras congress committee in 1922
During 1885–1933, the presidency had a term of 1 year only. Traditionally, the post rotated between prominent members of the party, successive terms for the same person being frowned upon. During Jawaharlal Nehru's premiership, he rarely held the Presidency of INC, even though he was always head of the Legislative Party.
Indira Gandhi however, institutionalized the practice of having the same person as the Congress President and the Prime Minister after the second Congress split of 1978. Her son Rajiv Gandhi continued that practice.
Narasimha Rao too held both the Congress President and the Prime Minister's posts. Sitaram Kesri held the post after INC was voted out. But as the INC never returned to power under his leadership, he didn't hold the two posts together.
During 2000–09, INC did not host a conference for the first time in history. In 2004, when the INC was voted back into power, Manmohan Singh became the first Prime Minister, not to be the president of the party. Sonia Gandhi is the longest serving president of the Congress party, having held the office byfor nineteen years from 1998 to 2017. Her son Rahul Gandhi is the current Congress President.