INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

* Founded by 1885 by A.O. Hume.
* Venue of 1 st Session – Gokul Tejpal Sanskrit School of Bombay.
* First President – W.C. Banerjee. * First Women President – Annie Besant (1917 Calcutta). * First Indian Women President – Sarojini Naidu.(1925, Kanpur)
* First English President – George Yule * First Muslim President – Badaruddin Tayabji* Women President – Annie Besant (1917), Sarojini Naidu (1925) and Nalin Sengupta. * Thrice President (Maximum times)– Dadabhi Naoroji (1886,1863,1906), J.L. Nehru (1929, 1936, 1937).
* First Session to hold in village – 1937 (Fazipur). * First split of congress – 1907 (Surat). * First – Joint Session of Congress and Muslim League Lucknow (1916).
* Word Swaraj was first used from congress platform (1906) Calcutta.
* Only session presided over by Gandhi – Belgaon (1924).
* Complete Independence was demand for the first time (1929), Lahore.
* For the first time NationalSong was sung in the Calcutta Session (1896) of INC. i.e., Vande Mataram * For the first time National Anthem (Jana Gana Mana ) Was sung in Calcutta session (1911) of INC.
* Maulana Abul Kalam Azadwas the youngest president of Inc.
* The first session of congress (Bomaby 1885) was attended by 72 representatives.During the fourth session of INC (1888,Allahabad) emphasized was given on formation of its constitution. * Nagpur Session (1891) the word ‘National’ was added to Congress. * Poona session(1895), representatives second time discussed on the formation of its constitution.
* Calcutta session of 1906, its president for the first time used ‘ Swaraj’ in his speech. * In Lucknow Session of Congress (1916) the two factions of congress (extremists and Moderates) reunited.
* During Ahmedabad Session of INC (1921) , C. R. Das was elected its President but Azamal Khan presided over the session because C.R. Das was in prison.
* During Gaya Session (1922 ) differences arose over the issue of council entry. C.R.Das and Motilal Nehru organized Swaraj Party in 1922.
* During its Delhi session (1923) INC decided to establish All India Khadi Borad.
* Gandhi presided over only Belgaon session (1924) of INC * During this session knowledge of weaving wasfixed as minimum qualification for its members. Gandhi decide toset up ‘All India Charkha Association declared 1926’ as year of keeping silent.
* During Guwahati session of Inc (1926) wearing Khadi was made compulsory for its workers.
* During Madras session of INC 91927), proposals for independence and to boycott Simon commission were passed. Gandhi did not participate.
* During Karachi Session (1931) Fundamentals Rights and Economic PolicyProposals Passed.
* During its 1932 and 1933session government had declared it an illegal organization.
* During Lucknow Session (1936), J.L. Nehru explainedsocialism for the first time.* During Fazipur Session (1937) congress decided to take part in election of 1937. * 1938 session of congress held in a village Haripura.Netaji elected unopposed. * In Ramgarh Session (1904) decisions onIndividual Satyagarha.
* The word “Congress” Or INC was taken from the history of USA which means group of people.
* During Tripuri Session Of INC (1939) Subhash Chandra Bose Defeated Pattabhi Sitaramaya(Gandhi’s candidate in presidential election) but later resigned and Rajendra Prasad became its president.* During Calcutta Session (1928) first All India Youth congress was established.

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