Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress party was founded in 1885.

It was founded by Allan Octavian Hume.

The first woman president was Mrs. Annie Besant in 1917. The first Indian woman president was Mrs. Sarojini Naidu in 1925.

The only session presided over by Mahatma Gandhi was held in Belgaum in 1924.

Calcutta hosted a maximum of 9 sessions, Madras 6, Bombay 4, Allahabad 3, Lahore 4, Lucknow 3, Nagpur 2, Ahmedabad 2 and ‘Bombay and Delhi combined’ 1. There was only one session held in Delhi, which was in 1932.

Dadabhai Naoroji and Jawaharlal Nehru have been the president for 3 times. Sir William Wedderburn, Rash Behari Ghosh, Subhash Chandra Bose, Surendranath Banerjee, Madan Mohan Malaviya and Motilal Nehru have been the president for 2 terms.

It has had English presidents. Yes, the party founded to fight against English imperialism had English presidents.

The first Tamil president was C. Vijayaraghavachariar in 1920, the second S. Srinivasa Iyengar in 1926. Vijayaraghavachariar is religious. He was in Hindu Mahasabha whereas Srinivasa Iyengar strongly advocated against mixing up religion and politics.

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