Indian National Congress Sessions

INC sessions led the course of many national movements as well as reforms in India.
Consequently, the resolutions passed in the INC sessions reflected in the political
reforms brought about by the British government in India. Although the INC went
through a major split in 1907, its leaders reconciled on their differences soon after to
give shape to the emerging face of Independent India. Here is a list of all the Indian
National Congress sessions along with important facts about them. This list will help
you prepare better for SBI PO, SBI Clerk, IBPS Clerk, IBPS PO, etc.

Indian National Congress Sessions

During the British rule in India, the Indian National Congress (INC) became a shiny ray
of hope for Indians. It instantly overshadowed all the other political associations
established prior to it with its very first meeting. Gradually, Indians from all walks of life
joined the INC, therefore making it the biggest political organization of its time. Most
exam Boards consider the Indian National Congress Sessions extremely noteworthy.
This is mainly because these sessions played a great role in laying down the foundational
stone of Indian polity.

Given below is the list of Indian National Congress Sessions in chronological order.
Apart from the locations of various sessions, make sure you also note important facts
pertaining to them.

Indian National Congress Sessions Post Liberalization Era

(1990-2018)

Session Place Date President

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84th AICC Plenary New Delhi Mar. 18-18, Shri Rahul
Session 2018 Gandhi
Chintan Shivir Jaipur Jan. 18-19, Smt. Sonia
2013 Gandhi
83rd Plenary Session New Delhi Jan. 01-01, Smt. Sonia
2010 Gandhi
82nd Session Hyderabad Jan. 01-01, Smt. Sonia
2006 Gandhi
Special Session Talkatora Stadium, New Aug. 21-21, Smt. Sonia
Delhi 2004 Gandhi
Chintan Shivir Shimla Shimla (H.P.) Jul. 09-11, Smt. Sonia
(H.P.) 2003 Gandhi
81st Session Bangalore Feb. 14-16, Smt. Sonia
2001 Gandhi
Special Session New Delhi Apr. 06-06, Smt. Sonia
1998 Gandhi
Chintan Shivir Panchmarhi (M.P.) Sep. 04-09, Smt. Sonia
1998 Gandhi
Special session Talkatora Stadium, New Dec. 08-08, Smt. Sonia
Delhi 1998 Gandhi
80th Session Calcutta Aug. 08-10, Sitaram Kesri
1997
Special Session Talkatora Stadium, New May. 25-25, Smt. Sonia
Delhi 1995 Gandhi
Special Session New Delhi Jun. 10-11, P.V. Narasimha
1994 Rao
Special Session Surajkund (Haryana) Mar. 27-28, P.V. Narasimha
1993 Rao

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79th Session Tirupati (A.P.) Apr. 14-16, P.V. Narasimha
1992 Rao

Indian National Congress Sessions Post Independence Era

(1947-1990)

Session Place Date President

78th (Centenary) Bombay Dec. 28-28, Rajiv Gandhi
Session 1985
77th Session Calcutta Dec. 29-30, Indira Gandhi
1983
76th Session New Delhi Jan. 01-02, Indira Gandhi
1978
75th Session Chandigarh Dec. 31-01, 1976 D.K. Barooah
74th Session Calcutta Dec. 28-29, Shankar Dayal Sharma
1972
73rd Session Bombay Dec. 28-29, Jagjivan Ram
1969
72nd Session Faridabad Apr. 26-28, S. Nijalingappa
1969
71st Session Hyderabad Jan. 10-11, 1968 S. Nijalingappa
70th Session Jaipur Jul. 16-18, 1966 Shri K. Kamaraj
69th Session Durgapur Apr. 14-16, 1965 Shri K. Kamaraj
68th Session Bhubaneshwar Sep. 17-19, 1964 Shri K. Kamaraj
67th Session Patna Aug. 13-15, N. Sanjiva Reddy
1962
66th Session Bhavnagar Jan. 06-07, N. Sanjiva Reddy
1961

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65th Session Bangalore Jan. 16-15, 1960 N. Sanjiva Reddy
64th Session Nagpur Jun. 10-12, Shri U. N. Dhebar
1959
63rd Session Gauhati Jul. 15-17, 1958 Shri U. N. Dhebar
62nd Session Indore May. 14-15, Shri U. N. Dhebar
2018
61st Session Amritsar Aug. 11-13, 1956 Shri U. N. Dhebar
60th Session Avadi, Madras Sep. 07-09, Shri U. N. Dhebar
1955
59th Session Kalyani Jul. 10-12, 1954 Pt Jawaharlal Nehru
58th Session Hyderabad May. 08-10, Pt Jawaharlal Nehru
1953
57th Session New Delhi Mar. 10-12, Pt Jawaharlal Nehru
1951
56th Session Nasik Sep. 21-22, Purushottam Das
1950 Tandon
55th Session Jaipur Dec. 18-18, B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
1948

Indian National Congress Sessions Pre Independence Era

(1900-1947)

Session Place Date President

54th Session Meerut Nov. 23-24, J.B. Kripalani
1946
53rd Session Ramgarh Mar. 19-20, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
1940

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52nd Session Tripura Mar. 10-12, Subhash Chandra Bose
1939
51st Session Haripura Feb. 19-21, Subhash Chandra Bose
1938
50th Session Faizpur Jul. 12-14, Pt Jawaharlal Nehru
1937
49th Session Lucknow Jun. 18-20, Pt Jawaharlal Nehru
1936
48th Session Bombay Oct. 24-28, Dr. Rajendra Prasad
1934
47th Session Calcutta Sep. 12-14, Mrs. Nellie Sengupta
1933
45th Session Karachi Mar. 21-31, Vallabbhai J. Patel
1931
44th Session Lahore Apr. 16-18, Pt Jawaharlal Nehru
1929
43rd Session Calcutta Dec. 29-01, Motilal Nehru
1929
42nd Session Madras Dec. 26-28, M.A. Ansari
1927
41st Session Gawahati Dec. 26-28, S. Srinivasa Iyengar
1926
40th Session Cawnpore Apr. 15-17, Mrs. Sarojini Naidu
1925
39th Session Belgaum Dec. 26-27, M.K. Gandhi
1924

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Special Session Delhi Sep. 04-08, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
1923
37th Session Gaya Dec. 26-31, Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das
1922
36th Session Ahmedabad Dec. 27-28, Hakim Ajmal Khan
1921 (Acting President for C.R. Das)
35th Session Nagpur Dec. 26-30, C. Vijayaraghavachariar
1920
34th Session Amritsar Dec. 26-30, Motilal Nehru
1919
(Special Session) Bombay Aug. 29-01, Syed Hasan Imam
1918
33rd Session Delhi Dec. 26-30, Madan Mohan Malaviya
1918
32nd Session Calcutta Dec. 26-29, Annie Besant
1917
31st Session Lucknow Dec. 26-30, Ambica Charan Mazumdar
1916
30th Session Bombay Dec. 27-29, Satyendra Prasanna Sinha
1915
29th Session Madras Apr. 14-15, Bhupendra Nath Bose
1914
28th Session Karachi Dec. 26-28, Nawab Syed Mohammed
1913 Bahadur
27th Session Bankipore Dec. 26-28, Shri Raghunath Narasinha
1912 Mudholkar
26th Session Calcutta Dec. 26-28, Bishan Narayan Dar
1911

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25th Session Allahabad Dec. 26-29, Sir William Wedderburn
1910
24th Session Lahore Dec. 27-29, Madan Mohan Malaviya
1909
23rd Session Madras Dec. 28-30, Rash Behari Ghosh
1908
23rd Session Surat Dec. 26-27, Rash Behari Ghosh
(Suspended) 1907
22nd Session Calcutta Dec. 26-29, Shri Dadabhai Naoroji
1906
21st Session Banaras Dec. 27-30, Gopal Krishna Gokhale
1905
20th Session Bombay Dec. 26-28, Sir Henry Cotton
1903
19th Session Madras Dec. 28-30, Lal Mohan Ghosh
1903
18th Session Ahmedabad Dec. 28-30, Surendranath Banerjee
1902
17th Session Calcutta Dec. 26-28, Dinshaw Eduljee Wacha
1901

Indian National Congress Sessions The Founding Years

(1885-1900)

Session Place Date President

16th Session Lahore Dec. 27-29, 1900 N.G. Chandavarkar
15th Session Lucknow Dec. 27-29, 1899 Romesh Chunder Dutt
14th Session Madras Dec. 29-31, 1898 Ananda Mohan Bose

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 13th Session Amraoti Dec. 27-29, 1897 C. Sankaran Nair
12th Session Calcutta Dec. 28-31, 1896 Rahimatullah M. Sayani
11th Session Pune Dec. 27-30, 1895 Surendranath Banerjee
10th Session Madras Dec. 26-29, 1894 Alfred Webb
9th Session Lahore Dec. 27-30, 1893 Shri Dadabhai Naoroji
8th Session Allahabad Dec. 28-30, 1892 Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
7th Session Nagpur Dec. 28-30, 1891 P. Ananda Charlu
6th Session Calcutta Dec. 26-30, 1890 Pherozeshah Mehta
5th Session Bombay Dec. 26-28, 1889 Sir William Wedderburn
4th Session Allahabad Dec. 26-29, 1888 George Yule
3rd Session Madras Dec. 27-30, 1887 Badruddin Tyabji
2nd Session Calcutta Dec. 27-30, 1886 Shri Dadabhai Naoroji
1st Session Bombay Dec. 28-30, 1885 Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee

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