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Presidents of Indian National Congress ( INC ), Year & Importance

President of INC, Year, Venue & Importance

Year	Venue	President	Importance
1885	Bombay	W.C Banerji	First Congress President
1886	Calcutta	Dadabhai Naoroji
1887	Madras	Badariddin Taiabji	First Muslim President
1888	Allahabad	George Yule	First English President
1893	Lahore	Dadabhai Naoroji
1894	Madras	Alfred Babe	Formation of Congress Constutution
1896	Kolkata	Rahimtullah Sayini	First ‘Vande Mataram’ was Sang
1905	Banaras	G.K. Gokhle
1906	Kolkata	Dadabhai Naoroji	Frist time ‘Swaraj’ word was used
1907	Surat	Rasbihari Ghosh	First division of Congress
1911	Kolkata	Biswanarayan Dhar	First time ‘Jana Gana’ was Sang
1916	Luck Now	A.C. Majumdar	Re-Union of Congress
1917	Kolkata	Annie Besant	First Female President
1918	Bombay	Hasan Imam	2nd division of Congress
1923	Delhi	Abul Kalam Azad	Youngest President
1924	Belgaon	M.K. Gandhi
1925	Kanpur	Sarojini Naidu	First Indian woman President
1926	Gowhati	S.S. Ayangar
1927	Madras	M.A. Ansari	Demand of Full Independence
1929	Lahore	J.L. Nehru	Poorna Swaraj resolution was passed
1931	Karachi	B.V. Patel	Demand of Fundamental Rights
1937	Faizpur	J.L. Nehru	First session in Village
1938	Haripura	S.C. Bose	A National Planning Committee set-up under J.L. Nehru
1939	Tripuri	S.C. Bose	Re-elected but had to resign due to protest by Gandhiji (as Gandhiji supported P. Sitaramayya)
1946	Meerut	J.B. Kripalani
1948	Jaipur	P. Sitaramyya