INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

                 “ POWER POINT”

        INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

1-Founded by 1885 by A.O. Hume.

2-Venue of 1st Session – Gokul Tejpal Sanskrit School of Bombay.

3-First President – W.C. Banerjee.

4-First Women President – Annie Besant (1917 Calcutta).

5-First Indian Women President – Sarojini Naidu.(1925, Kanpur)

6-First English President – George Yule 7-First Muslim President – Badaruddin Tayabji.

8-Women President – Annie Besant (1917), Sarojini Naidu (1925) and Nalin Sengupta.

9-Thrice President (Maximum times) – Dadabhi Naoroji (1886,1893,1906), J.L. Nehru (1929, 1936, 1937).

10-First Session to hold in village – 1937 (Fazipur).

11-First split of congress – 1907 (Surat).

12-First – Joint Session of Congress and Muslim League Lucknow (1916).

13-Word Swaraj was first used from congress platform (1906) Calcutta.

14-Only session presided over by Gandhi – Belgaon (1924).

15-Complete Independence was demand for the first time (1929), Lahore.

16-For the first time National Song was sung in the Calcutta Session (1896) of INC. i.e., Vande Mataram.

17-For the first time National Anthem (Jana Gana Mana ) Was sung in Calcutta session (1911) of INC.

18-Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was the youngest president of Inc.

19-The first session of congress (Bomaby 1885) was attended by 72 representatives.

20-During the fourth session of INC (1888, Allahabad) emphasized was given on formation of its constitution.

 21-Nagpur Session (1891) the word ‘National’ was added to Congress.

22-Poona session(1895), representatives second time discussed on the formation of its constitution.

23-Calcutta session of 1906, its president for the first time used ‘ Swaraj’ in his speech.

24-In Lucknow Session of Congress (1916) the two factions of congress (extremists and Moderates) reunited.

25-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.

26-During Gaya Session (1922 ) differences arose over the issue of council entry. C.R.Das and Motilal Nehru organized Swaraj Party in 1922.

27-During its Delhi session (1923) INC decided to establish All India Khadi Borad.

28-Gandhi presided over only Belgaon session (1924) of INC.

29-During this session knowledge of weaving was fixed as minimum qualification for its members. Gandhi decide to set up ‘All India Charkha Association declared 1926’ as year of keeping silent.

30-During Guwahati session of Inc (1926) wearing Khadi was made compulsory for its workers.

31-During Madras session of INC 91927), proposals for independence and to boycott Simon commission were passed. Gandhi did not participate.

32-During Karachi Session (1931) Fundamentals Rights and Economic Policy Proposals Passed.

33-During its 1932 and 1933 session government had declared it an illegal organization.

34-During Lucknow Session (1936), J.L. Nehru explained socialism for the first time.

35-During Fazipur Session (1937) congress decided to take part in election of 1937.

36-1938 session of congress held in a village Haripura.Netaji elected unopposed.

37-In Ramgarh Session (1904) decisions on Individual Satyagarha.

38-The word “Congress” Or INC was taken from the history of USA which means group of people.

39-While Britishers tried to use congress as a safety valve, Indian leaders tried to use it as ‘lightening conductor,”.

40-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.

41-During Calcutta Session (1928) first All India Youth congress was established.

42-During Delhi session (1918) along with S.N. Banerjee many liberals resigned from INC.