Important Sessions of Indian National Congress

Year	Place	President	Importance
1882, 1885	Bombay,Allahbad	W.C.Banerjee	First session of congress
1886	Kolkata	Dada Bhai Naoroji
1887	Madras	Badruddin Tayabji	First session to be presided by a Muslim.
1888	Allahabad	George Yule	First session to be presided by an Englishman.
1896	Kolkata	Rahimtulla M Sayani	The National Song, Vande Mataram was sung for the first time.
1907	Surat	Rashbihari Ghosh	The INC split into two, one consisting of Moderates, led by Gokhale and the other consisting of Extremists, led by Tilak.
1911	Kolkata	Pandit Bishan Narayan Das	The National Anthem, Jana Gana Mana was sung for the first time
1916	Lucknow	Ambica Charan Mazumdar	Joint session with Muslim league in which the historic Lucknow pact was signed.
1917	Kolkata	Mrs Annie Besant	First session to be presided by a Lady.
1925	Kanpur	Mrs Sarojini Naidu	First session to be presided by an Indian lady.
1929	Lahore	Pt Jawaharlal 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.
1946	Meerut	Acharya JB Kriplani	Last pre­independence session of the INC.
1948	Jaipur	Dr Pattabhi Sitaramayya	First session after Independence.