List of Presidents of Indian National Congress(1885-2017)

List of Presidents of Indian National Congress (1885-2017)

The Indian National Congress was formed in 1884 by A.O. Hume, an Englishman and a retired civil servant, in association with various national leaders who called for a conference in Pune in December 1885. The leaders decided to rename the Indian National Union as Indian National Congress.

  • The first session of Indian National Congress was held at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay under the Presidentship of W.C. Benerjee
  • 72 delegates from all over India in first sesion.
S.No. President Year Place
1. W.C. Bannerjee 1885 Bombay
2. Dada Bhai Naoroji 1886 Kolkata
3. Badriddin Tyabji (First Muslim President) 1887 Madras
4. George Yule (First English President) 1888 Allahabad
5. William Wedderbum 1889 Bombay
6. Pherozeshah Mehta 1890 Kolkata
7. P. Ananda Charlu 1891 Nagpur
8 W.C. Bannerjee 1892 Allahabad
9. Dada Bhai Naoroji 1893 Lahore
10. Alfred Wenn 1894 Madras
11. Surendranath Bannerjee 1895 Poona
12. R.M. Sayani 1896 Kolkata
13. C. Sankaran Nair 1897 Amravatti
14. Anand Mohan Bose 1898 Madras
15. Ramesh Chunder Dutt 1899 Lucknow
16. N.G. Chandavarkar 1900 Lahore
17. Dinshah Edulji Wacho 1901 Kolkata
18. Surendranath Bannerjee 1902 Ahmedabad
19. Lalmohan Ghosh 1903 Madras
20. Henry Cotton 1904 Bombay
21. Gopal Krishan Gokhale 1905 Benares
22. Dada Bhai Naoroji 1906 Kolkata
23. Rashbihari Ghosh 1907 Surat
24. Rashbihari Ghosh 1908 Madras
25. Madan Mohan Malaviya 1909 Lahore
26. William Wedderburn 1910 Allahabad
27. Bishan Narayan Dor 1911 Kolkata
28. Raghunath N. Mudholkar 1912 Bankipore
29. Nawab Saheb Muhammad Bahadur 1913 Karachi
30. Bupendra Nath Bose 1914 Madras
31. Satyendra Prasanna Sinha 1915 Bombay
32. Ambico Charan Mazumdar 1916 Lucknow
33. Annie Besant (1st women president) 1917 Kolkata
34. Madan Mohan Malviya 1918 Delhi
35. Motilal Nehru 1919 Amritsar
36. Lala Lajpat Rai (Special Session) 1920 Kokata
37. Hakim Ajmal Khan 1921 Ahmedabad
38. Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das (Formation of Swaraj Party) 1922 Gaya
39. Mohammad Ali Jouhar 1923 Kakinada
40. Abdul Kalam Azad 1923 Delhi
41. Mahatma Gandhi 1924 Belgaum
42. Sarojini Naidu (1st Indian Women President) 1925 Kanpur
43. S. Srinivasa lyengar 1926 Guwahati
44. Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari 1927 Madras
45. Motilal Nehru 1928 Kokata
46. Jawaharlal Nehru 1929-30 Lahore
47. Vallabhbhai Patel 1931 Karachi
48. Madan Mohan Malviya 1932 Delhi
49. Nellie Sengupta 1933 Kolkata
50. Rajendra Prashad (Formation of Congress Socialist Party ) 1934 & 35 Bombay
51. Jawaharlal Nehru 1936 Lucknow
52. Jawaharlal Nehru 1937 Faizpur
53. Subhas Chandra Bose 1938 Haripura
54. Rajendra Prashad 1939 Jabalpur
55. Abdul Kalam Azad 1940-46 Ramgarh
56. J.B. Kripalani 1947 Merut
57. Pattabhi Sittaralmayya 1948 & 49 Jaipur
58. Purushottam Das Tandon 1950 Nasik
59. Jawaharlal Nehru 1951 & 52 Delhi
60. Jawaharlal Nehru 1953 Hyderabad
61. Jawaharlal Nehru 1954 Kolkata
62. U.N. Dhebar 1955 Avadi
63. U.N.Dhebar 1956 Amritsar
64. U.N.  Dhebar 1957 Indore
65. U.N.Dehbar 1958 Guhawati
66. U. N. Dhebar (Resigned) 1959 Nagpur
67. Indira Gandhi 1959 Delhi
68. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 1960 Bangalore
69. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 1961 Bhavnagar
70. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 1962 & 63 Patna
71. K. Kamaraj 1964 Bhubneshwar
72. K. Kamaraj 1965 Durgapur
73. K. Kamaraj 1966 & 67 Jaipur
74. S. Nijalingappa 1968 Hyderabad
75. S. Nijalingappa 1969 Faridabad
76. Jagjivan Ram 1970 & 71 Bombay
77. Shankar Dayal Sharma 1972-74 Kolkata
78. Devkanta Barua 1975-77 Chandigarh
79. Indira Gandhi 1978-83 Delhi
80. Indira Gandhi 1983-84 Kolkata
81. Rajiv Gandhi 1985-91 Bombay
82. P. V. Narimha Rao 1992-96 Tirupati
83. Sitaram Kesari 1996-98 Kolkata
84. Sonia Gandhi 1998-2017 Kolkata
85. Rahul Gandhi (Present) 2017 Delhi

Practice Questions and Answers

1. Who was the first President of Indian Nation Congress Party ?
A. W.C. Bannerjee
B. Dada Bhai Naroji
C. A. O. Hume
D. None of these
Correct Ans. A. W. C. Bannerjee

2. In Which  was the  First session of Indian National Congress was held ?
A. 1886
B. 1885
C. 1887
D. None of these
Correct Ans. B. 1885

3. Where was the 1st session of Indian National Congress held……..in 1885
A. Bombay
B. Kolkata
C. Poona
D. None of These
Correct Ans. A. Bombay

4. Who was the 1st Muslim President of Indian National Congress ?
A. Rajiv Gandhi
B. Badriddin Tyabji
C. Dada Bhai Naroji
D. None of these
Correct Ans. B. Badriddin Tyabji

5. Who was the 1st English President of Indian National Congress ?
A. W. C. Bannerjee
B. A. O. Hume
C. George Yule
D. None of these
Correct Ans. C. George Yule

6. Who was the second President of Indian National Congress Party ?
A. W.C. Bannerjee
B. A.  O. Hume
C. Dada Bhai Naroji
D. None of these
Correct  Ans. C. Dada Bhai Naroji

7. Where was second session of Indian National Congress  held……….in 1886 ?
A. Nasik
B. Kolkata
C. Bombay
D.  None of these
Correct Ans.  B. Kolkata

8. Who was the 1st women president of Indian National Congress (INC) ?
A. Annie Besant
B. Sarojini Naidu
C. Sonia Gandhi
D. None of these
Correct Ans.  A. Annie Besant

9. Who was the first Indian women president of India  ?
A. Sonia Gandhi
B. Indira Gandhi
C. Sarojini Naidu
D. None of these
Correct Ans. C.  Sarojini Naidu

10. In Which session the Indian National Congress Party Split into Moderate and Extremists ?
A. 1907
B. 1906
C. 1905
D. None of these
Correct Ans. A. 1907

11. In Which Year Mahatma Gandhi Became president of Indian National Congress Party ?
A. 1924
B. 1925
C. 1926
D. None of these
Correct Ans. A. 1924

12. Where did the 1st post – Independence of Indian Nation Congress take place ?
A. Allahabad
B. Jaipur
C. Nasik
D. None of these
Correct Ans. B. Jaipur

13. How much delegates were participated in 1st session of Indian National Congress ?
A. 72
B. 80
C. 90
D. 25
Correct Ans. A. 72

14. The resolution of ‘Purna Swaraj’  was placed In which session of Indian Nation Congress (INC) ?
A. Bombay
B. Jabalpur
C. Lahore
D. None of these
Correct Ans. C. Lahore


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