INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (1885-

1947)
Reason for formation:
o 1878- Vernacular press Act
o Ilbert Bill was a bill formally introduced on 9 February 1883 during the
Viceroyship of the Marquess of Ripon, which was drafted by Sir Courtenay
Peregine Ilbert, the legal member of the Council of the Governor-General of
India.
o Stipulated that Indian judges could try Europeans.
o Safety Valve Theory -Lala Lajpat Rai
o Imposition of import duty on cotton (1875)
o Arms Act (1878)
o The Indian Association took up this question and organised an all-India
agitation against it, popularly known as the Indian Civil Service agitation.
o Pre Congress Associations

Pre Congress Associations

o The Zamindari Association, more popularly known as the ‘Landholders’
Society -1838
o The Bengal British India Society was founded in 1843
o In 1851, both the Landholders’ Society and the Bengal British India Society
merged into the British Indian Association.
o The East India Association was organised by Dadabhai Naoroji in 1866 in
London to discuss the Indian question and influence public men in England
to promote Indian welfare.
o The Indian League was started in 1875 by Sisir Kumar Ghosh
o The Indian Association of Calcutta (also known as the Indian National
Association) superseded the Indian League and was founded in 1876 by
 younger nationalists of Bengal led by Surendranath Banerjea and Ananda
Mohan Bose
o It protested against the reduction of age limit in 1877 for candidates of the
Indian Civil Service examination
o The association sponsored an all India session which first took place in
Calcutta on December 28 to 30, 1883.
o In a way the association was a forerunner of the Indian National Congress
as an all-India nationalist organisation. It later merged with the Indian
National Congress in 1886.
o The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was founded in 1867 by Mahadeo Govind
Ranade
o The Bombay Presidency Association was started by Badruddin Tyabji,
Pherozshah Mehta and K.T. Telang in 1885.
o Madras Native Association in 1852 Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty
o The Madras Mahajan Sabha was founded in 1884 by M. Viraraghavachari,
B. Subramaniya Aiyer and P. Anandacharlu.

1st SESSION:
o 1885 DEC 28 BOMBAY
o W.C. BANARJEE – 1ST LEADER
o Bengali
o 1892 Allahabad for second time
o 1ST contestant from India to UK parliament
o 72 members
o 1st proposed at poona,but due to plague venue has been changed
o Gokuldas tejpal Sanskrit patasala
o S.Subramanya Iyer
o A.O.Hume –ICS ,DEC 1884 BRHMA GNANA SABAHI CHENNAI . IDEA FOR INC
o father of indian ornithology (study of birds),Ettava school –UP
o 1882 resigned
o W,WEDDERNBURN – Biographer of A.O.Hume
o Duffrein viceroy
o Secretary of state – lord grassLord Randolph Churchill
o 1st name proposed – Indian National Union
o suggestion of Dadabhai Naoroji, its name was changed to ‘Indian National
Congress.’ The word ‘Congress’ was taken from the American Constitution.

2nd SESSION:

o 1886 CALCUTTA , D.B.Nauroji

o 3 times 1886,1893,1906
o 436 members
o East India association London 1886
o Member of British parliament – Finsbury
o Poverty and unbritish rule in india
o Indian National Association was merged with INC

3rd SESSION:
o Madras,1887
o Sayed baharuddin tyabji
o 1st muslim head
o Head of welcoming committee T.madhav Rao
o Mackay’s gardens greams – Thousand lights
o 607 delegates
o 1894,1898,1903,1908,1914,1927 (7)
o 1st barrister in Bombay high court
4th SESSION:

o 1888 allahabad
o George Yule
o 1st english head
o Scottland merchant
o W.C.banarjee invited him
 5th Session:
o 1889,Bombay
o Sir William weddernburn
o 10 women gelegates
o Panditha ramabai,kadhambani ganguly , swarnakumari devi
o A.O.Hume- Father of INC

6th Session:
o 1890,Calcutta
o Sir pherosha metha
o Kadhambani ganguly – Calcutta university – 1st women to speak

7th Session:
o 1891, Nagpur,
o Anandhacharlu
o 1st head from madras province
o Native public opinion ,Madrasee
8th session:
o 1892, Allahabad
o W.C.Banarjee
9th Session:
o 1893,Lahore
o D.B.N
10th Session:
o 1894
o Madras
o A.webb – Irishmen
o Prop by S.Ramasswami mudaliar
o Hype park gardens , Kilpauk
11th Session:
o 1895
o Poona
o S.N.Banarjee
o “Bengalee”
12th session:
o Calcutta
o 1896
o M.Rahamathulla Sayani
o 2nd Muslim
o Vandhematharam song
o 1st sung by Tagore
o Bengal, Bakim Chandra chattarjee, Anandha madam -1882
o Jan 24 , 1950
o Tune : Jadhunath Battacharjee
o 1937 – INC adopted as National Song.
13th session:
o 1897
o Amrothi
o C.sankaran nair
14th session:
o 1898, madras
o A.M.Bose
o Royapetta

15th Session:
o 1899
o Lucknow
o Ramesh Chandra dutt
o Indian economic history
o Insisted a fixed land tax.
16th Session:
o 1900, Lahore
o N.G.Chandavarkar.
17th Session:
o 1901,Calcutta
o Dinshaw watsa
18th session:
o 1902
o Ahmedabad,S.N.Banarjee
19th Session:
o 1903, madras
o Lalmohan ghosh
o Teynampet
o Burma was represented.
20th session:
o Bombay
o Sir Henry cotton
21st session:
o 1905,Banaras
o G.K.Gokalae
o Resolution to boycott british goods
22nd session:
o 1906, Calcutta
o D.B.N
o The Word Swaraj was 1st used
o Swaraj, swadesi, boycott, partition of bengal
23rd session:
o 1907,surat
o R.B.Ghose
o Split in INC
o Venue Nagpur
o Curzon
o Lal , Bal ,Pal
 24th session:
o 1908,madras
o R.B.Ghose

25th session:
o 1909
o Lahore
o m.m.malaviya
o 1909 GOI Act
o Separate electorate
o Not accepted by INC

26th session:
o 1910 allahadad.
o w.weddernburn – 2 times

27th session:
o 1911, Calcutta
o B.N.Dhar
o Dec 27,1911
o National anthem
o Bharata baghya bidatha

28th session:
o 1912
o Patna
o R.N.Mudhalkar

29th session:
o 1913, Karachi
o Sayed muhamed bahadhur
 30th session:
o 1914 , madras
o Bhupendranath bose

31st session:
o 1915 , Bombay
o Sir.s.p.sinha

32nd session:
o 1916,luck now
o A.C.Majumdhar
o INS rejoined
o Pact with Muslim League
o Separate electorate

33rd session:
o 1917
o Calcutta
o Annie Besant
o 1st women
o 2nd 1925 – Kanpur- sarojini Naidu
o 3rd 1933- Mrs. Nellie Sengupta

34th session:
o Presided by M.M.malaviya
o Delhi, 1918

35th session:
o 1919, Amritsar
o Motilal Nehru
o Condemned Jalian walanbagh massacre

36th session:
o Calcutta special session
o Lala Lajpat Rai

37th session:
o Nagpur 1920
o c.vijayaragavacharyar

38th session:
o Ahmadabad,1921
o Hakim Ajmal Khan
o Temporary president
o CR Das was in jail

39th session:
o Deshbandhu CR Das
o Gaya Bihar , 1922
o Swaraj party

40th session:
o 1923,delhi
o M.A.Azad

41st session:
o 1924
o Belgaum, Gandhi

42nd session:
o 1925
o Kanpur
o Sarojini Naidu
o 1st Indian women president

43rd session:
o 1926
o Gauhathi
o Srinivasa aiyangar
o Khadhi was compulsory

44th session:
o 1927
o Madras
o M.A.Ansari
o J.L.Nehru India Independence resolution

45th session:
o 1928 Calcutta
o M.Nehru
o 1st All India Youth Congress.
46th session:
o 1929 , Lahore, on the bank of the Ravi river.
o J.L. Nehru
o on 19 December 1929, passed the historic ‘Purna Swaraj’ – (total
independence) resolution
o A public declaration was made on 26 January 1930 – a day which the
Congress Party urged Indians to celebrate as ‘Independence Day’.
o Members of the Constituent Assembly chose 26 January 1950 for the
Constitution of India to come into effect to honour the date of the public
declaration of Purna Swaraj.
1931 session:
o Karachi, patel
o Nehru drafted resolution on fundamental rights and national economic
programme
o Gandhi was selected to represent INC in 2nd RTC
o Approval of Gandhi –Irwin Pact/Delhi Pact
o 6 days after bagath Singh, Rajguru, sukdev was hanged. March 23, 1931
1933 session:
o Calcutta
o Mrs. Nellie Sengupta
1934 session:
o Bombay
o RJ Prasad
o Wearing of Khadi was made a necessary criterion for elective membership.
1936 session:
o Lucknow Session
o The Congress in a resolution rejected the Government of India Act of 1935
o It decided to participate in the elections to the provincial legislatures which
were to take place in 1937
1937 session:
o 50th FAIZPUR-MH
o Nehru
o first time that Congress held its Annual Session in a backward rural setting.

1938 session:
o Haripura - GJ
o S.C.Bose
o National Planning Committee was the Forerunner of India’s Planning
Commission. The idea was to draw a comprehensive plan for economic
development of India on the basis of Industrialization. It was against the
Charkha policy of Gandhi.
o 6 months ultimatum to British
1939 session:
o Tripuri - mp
o Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya, an Andhra leader announced his candidature
against Subhash Chandra Bose.
o Sitaramayya didn’t win but as the Congress Working Committee was
controlled by the followers of Gandhi, he might reign but not rule.
o Forward block 1939
1940 session:
o Ramgarh
o M.A.Azad
1946 session:
o J.B.KRIPALINI