*The predecessor of Indian National Congress Ans :Indian National Union *Indian National Union was formed in Ans : 1884 *The Organisation which was formed in Bombay during the formation of INC Ans : Seva Sadan *Indian National Congress was formed on Ans : December 28,1885 *Indian National Congress was founded by Ans : A.O. Hume *First General Secretary of INC Ans : A.O. Hume *First president of INC Ans : W.C Bannerjee *The venue of the first session of Indian National congress was fixed at Ans : Pune *The venue of first session of INC was shifted to Ans : Gokul Das Tejpal Sanskrit College Bombay *The venue of first session of INC was shifted from Pune to Bombay due to the outbreak of Ans : Plague *Number of representatives who attended the first session of INC Ans : 72 *First resolution of INC was presented by Ans : G.Subrahmanya Iyer *Safety Valve Theory was related to formation Ans : INC *The Viceroy of British India during the formation of INC Ans : Lord Dufferin *The British Committee of INC was founded in the year Ans : 1889 *The Journal started by the British Committee of INC Ans : India *The official historian of Indian National Congress Ans : Pattabhi Sitaramayya *History of indian National Congress was authored by Ans : Pattabhi Sitaramayya *First Malayalee who attended the INC session Ans : Barrister G.P, Pillai *First Malayalee who became the President of INC Ans : C. Sankaran Nair
DADABHAI NAOROJI
*The Grand old man of India Ans : Dadabhai Naoroji *Father of Indian Economics and Politics Ans : Dadabhai Naoroji *Propounder of Brain Drain theory & Drain wealth theory Ans : Dadabhai Naoroji *First person to become the President of INC thrice Ans : Dadabhai Naoroji *The Oldest President of INC before Independence Ans : Dadabhai Naoroji *Famous book of Dadabhai Naoroji Ans : Poverty and Unbritish Rule in India *The name Indian National Congress was suggested by Ans : Dadabhai Naoroji *The city where the most number of INC sessions held before independence Ans : Calcutta *The city where the most number of INC session held after independence Ans : Delhi *Last session of congress in British India was held at Ans : Meerut *First session held in Independent India is at Ans : Jaipur *First session held in Republic India Ans : Nasik *Period of Moderates -1885 to 1905 *Period of Extremists -1905 to 1917 *Gandhian Era -1917 to 1948
INC WAS DESCRIBED AS
*A begging Institute Ans : Aurobindo Ghosh *Microscopic Minority Ans : Lord Dufferin *Playing with bubbles Ans : Bipin ChandraPal *Holiday recreation Ans : Bala Gangadhara Tilak *INC is formed from a mystery Ans : Pattabhi Sita Ramayya *INC is formed from the effort of efficient Indians Ans : A.O. Home *INC is formed from the effort of Lord Dufferin Ans : W.C Bennerjee *First President of INC Ans : W.C.Bannerjee *First Secretary of INC Ans : A.O. Hume *First foreign President of INC Ans : George Yule (1888) *First Woman President Ans : Annie Besant *First Indian woman President Ans : Sarojini Naidu *First South Indian to become INC president Ans : P. Ananda Charlu *First Acting President of INC Ans : Hakim Ajmal Khan *First elected President of INC Ans : Subash Chandra Bose *First Malayalee to become INC President Ans : C. Sankaran Nair *Oldest INC President Ans : Dadabhai Naoroji *Youngest INC President Ans : Maulana Abul Kalam Azad *First INC President after Independence Ans : Pattabhi Sitaramayya *First person to become the president of INC in successive terms Ans : Rash Behari Ghosh *First President who was ousted from INC Ans : Seetharam Kesari *The longest serving INC President before independence Ans : Maulana Abul Kalam Azad *The longest serving INC President after independence Ans : Sonia Gandhi *President of INC at the time of Independence Ans : J. B. Kripalani *First Muslim President of INC Ans : Badruddin Tyabji (1887) *Second foreign President of INC Ans : William Wedderbum (1889) *First foreigner who became INC President twice Ans : William Wedderbum (1889,1910) *Third foreign President of INC Ans : Alfred Web (1894) *Surat Split was held in Ans : 1907 *First person to become INC President for two consecutive terms Ans : Rash Behari Ghosh *The father and son who became the Presidents of INC for two successive terms Ans : Motilal Nehru (1928) Jawaharlal Nehru (1929) *The joint session of the Moderates and Extremists was held at Ans : Lucknow (1916) *The joint session of INC and Muslim League was held at Ans : Lucknow (1916) *The INC sessions which were banned by the British Government Ans : Delhi (1932), Calcutta (1933) *The INC session which declared Socialist Pattern of Society as its goal Ans : Avadi (1955) *The only INC session which was held at a village Ans : Faizapur (1937) * First INC session in which Gandhiji participated Ans : Calcutta Session (1901) * The INC session in which Gandhiji met Nehru Ans : Lucknow (1916) * The INC session in which Gandhiji was the President Ans : Beigaum (1924) * The INC session in which Gandhiji declared to quit INC Ans : Bombay (1934) * First woman President of INC Ans : Annie Besant (Calcutta 1917) *Second woman President of INC Ans : Sarojini Naidu (Kanpur 1925) *Third woman President of INC Ans : Nelli Sen Gupta (Calcutta 1933) *Fourth woman President of INC Ans : Indira Gandhi (Delhi 1959) *Fifth woman President of INC Ans : Sonia Gandhi (since 1998) *The INC session in which the Vandemataram was sung for the first time Ans : Calcutta (1896) *INC President of Calcutta session 1896 Ans :Rahimtulla.M. Sayani *The INC session in which the Jana gana mana was sung for the first time Ans : Calcutta (1911) *INC President of Calcutta session 1911 Ans : B.N.Dhar *The only person who became the President of INC and Muslim League Ans : M.A.Ansari *The only person who became the President of INC and Hindu Mahasabha Ans : Madan Mohan Malaviya
A.O.HUME
* Full name Ans : Alan Octavian Hume * Father of Indian Ornithology Ans : A.O. Hume * Founder of INC Ans : A.O. Hume *First General Secretary of INC Ans : A.O. Hume * Main works : Ans : The Nest and Eggs of Indian Birds, The Stray Feathers
Year
Venue
President
Importance
*1885 Bombay W.C.Bannerjee *1st session attended by 72 delegates Venue- Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College First Resolution presented by - G.Subrahmanya Iyer *1886 Calcutta Dadabhal Naorojl *First Parsi President . *1887 Madras Badruddin Tyabji * Presided by first Muslim President First South Indian city where the INC session held *1888 Allahabad George Yule *Presided by first Foreign President *1889 Bombay Sir William Wedderburn *Presided by Second Foreign President Session in which G.P. Pillai attended (FirstMalayalee) *1890 Calcutta Sir Feroze.S. Mehta *First woman to address the INC session - Kadambini Ganguly *1891 Nagpur P.Ananda Charlu * Presided by first South Indian
President *1893 Lahore Dadabhai Naorojl * The session in which Dadabhai Naorojl presided for the second time *1894 Madras Alfred Web * Presided by third Foreign President *1896 Calcutta Rahimtulla.M. Sayani *The National Song, Vande Mataram was sung for the first time. *1897 Amaravati C.Sankaran Nair * Presided by first Malayalee *1899 Lucknow R.C. Dutt *The session which demanded a constitution for INC *1901 Calcutta Dinshaw Edulji Wacha *Gandhiji attended for the first time *1905 Banaras G.K. Gokhale *The slogan "Swadeshi" was raised for the first time *1906 Calcutta Dadabhai Naoroji * Resolution' Swaraj' was presented *1907 Surat Rasbehari Ghosh * The INC split into two, one consisting of Moderates, led by Gokhale and the other consisting of Extremists, led by Tilak, * 1909 Lahore M.M.Malviya *1911 Calcutta Pandit Bishan Narayan Das *The National Anthem, Jana Gana Mana was sung for the first time *1916 Lucknow A.C.Majumdar *Joint session with Muslim League in which the historic Lucknow Pact was signed. *Re-union of the Congress *1917 Calcutta Annie Besant *First session to be presided by a Lady. *1918 Delhi Madan Mohan Malaviya *First session held in Delhi *1919 Amritsar Motilal Nehru *First session held after Jalianwala Bagh massacre *1920 Calcutta (spl.session) Lala Lajpat Rai *INC session decided to start Non co- operation movement *1921 Ahmedabad C.R. Das *1923 Delhi(spl .session) Abdul Kalam Azad * Youngest President *1924 Belgaun Gandhiji *First session presided by Gandhiji *1925 Kanpur Sarojini Naidu * First session to be presided by an Indian lady. *1927 Madras M.A. Ansari *Passed to boycott Simon Commission 1928 Calcutta Motilal Nehru * First All India Youth Congress 1929 Lahore Jawahar Lal Nehru *The decision to launch a Civil Disobedience Movement to achieve complete Independence and to observe 26 Jan as Independence Day was taken Nehru became the President for the first time. *1931 Karachi Vallabhai Patel * Here, resolution on Fundamental Rights and the National Economic Program was passed * The Gandhi-Irwin Pact was endorsed by the Congress in this Session *Gandhiji was nominated to represent Congress in the Second Round Table Conferenced *1932 Delhi (Session Banned) *(without President) Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya was elected as President *1933 Calcutta (Session Banned) *(Mrs. Nellie Sengupta presided) Pt. Madan Mohan Maiviya was again elected president *1934 Bombay Dr. Rajendra Prasad *Gandhiji Officially resigned from INC 1936 Lucknow Nehru 1937 Faizpur Nehru *Frist session in a village 1938 Haripura Subhash Chandra Bose * A National Planning Committe was set-up under Nehru 1939 Tripuri Subhash Chandra Bose *First Presidential election was conducted in this session *Subhash Chandra Bose was elected by defeating Gandhiji's nominee Pattabhi Sitaramayya *Later Subhash Chandra Bose resigned from the post of President and Rajendra Prasad became the President *1940 Ramgarh Abdul Kafam Azad *1942 Mumbai Abdul Kalam Azad *Resolution for Quit-India Movement *1947 Meerut Acharya J.B.Kripaiam *Session at the time of Indian Independence *1948 Jaipur Dr.Pattabhi Sitaramayya *First session after independence. *1950 Nasik : Purushottam Das Tandon *Session at the time,of Republic
*1955 Avadi U.N. Dhebar *INC adopted a socialist Pattern *1959 Nagpur Indira Gandhi *Presided by first woman after indepdence
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