Key Points of Indian National Congress Sessions

Key Points of Indian National Congress Sessions

1)Initially the 1st session of the INC to be held at Poona. Later the venue was shifted to Bombay(Present Mumbai), the reason being an outburst of the epidemic in Poona. The place in Bombay where the session took place was Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit Pathshala.

2) After the first session a few important demands from the Indian side were presented before the British. Some of them are:-

a)To assign a council to enquire the performance of the Indian Administration. Also, the Indian Commission which was situated in London should be abolished.

b)The people who were considered moderates raised questions on the authority of the Secretary of State to administer India. They demanded the creation of a legislative council for the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), Sindh, and Awadh.

c)The Legislative interests were to add more Indians in the legislature so that it could be more responsive to the people of India. They coveted that the Indians should be given the power to discuss the budget and also the right to question the Governance.

d)Modulation of Military Expenditure and the request to direct the civil services examination in India and England simultaneously.

Congress Session 1886

The following session of the Congress happened to be under the guidance of Dadabhai Naoroji in Calcutta(Present Kolkata). The number of members had progressed to 434. After the session, Congress decided to set up Congress Committees across the country. And these committees will be provisional.

Congress Session 1887

This session was held at Madras(Present Chennai). And for the first time in history, it was presided by a Muslim member Syed Badrudding Tyabj. Also, an appeal was made before the Muslims to join hands with other national leaders.

Congress Session 1892

It was the eighth session of the Indian National Congress and was held at Allahabad. It was Presided by W.C.Bonnerjee.The Congress reprimanded the Indian Councils Act of 1892, which had just been put into execution by the colonial administration. They also stated that the Act did not give the Indian population the freedom to choose their leaders.

Congress Session 1895

It was the eleventh session of INC which was held at Poona(Present Pune). The Congress Session had a sturdy rise in the number of representatives from 1163 in 1894 to 1584. An exhilarated President Surendranath Banerjea praised the Congress for inducing the disseminated particles of a broad and diversified community and addressing them reverberate with the new innate viewpoint of an awakened nationality.

Congress Session 1899

It was the fifteenth session of INC which was held at Lucknow. The Congress necessitated that the British control should put an end to the ' drain of wealth' from India to England. And this drain of wealth that had been holding place as a result of colonial rule. By raising this matter, Congress criticized a theory that constituted the very foundation of colonialism. The Congress raised this matter under the presidentship of R.C. Dutt. And R.C Dutt accompanied by Dadabhai Naoroji were continuously criticizing the British for the ‘drain of wealth’.

Congress Session 1901

This session happened at Calcutta and it was headed by Dinshaw E. Wacha. It was in this session that Mahatma Gandhi (Father of the Nation)arrived on the Congress platform. Back then he was a lawyer in South Africa. Gandhi Ji requested the Congress to strengthen the struggle fronting racial discrimination and exploitation in South Africa through their support.

Congress Session 1904

This session happened at Bombay(Present Mumbai)and it was headed by Sir Henry Cotton. The Congress objected to the demolition of rules by Lord Curzon as he used funds from India for his advancing policy in Tibet. The Congress also marked its outstanding remonstrance against the Curzon committee’s recommendation to partition Bengal, an area that was at the vanguard of the anti-British struggle.

Congress Session 1906

This session happened at Calcutta(Present Kolkata)and it was headed by Dadabhai Naoroji. Congress coined the word ‘Swaraj’ and declared that this word is the aim of the movement. To counter the expanding influence of the radicals, the moderates requested Dadabhai Naoroji to arrive from England to lead the session. Dadabhai Naoroji said that in self-government lies our hope, strength, and greatness.

Congress Session 1910

This session happened at Allahabad which was headed by Sir William Wedderburn. Mohammad Ali Jinnah, a 44-year-old lawyer and constantly with the Congress, condemned the colonial regime’s firmness to include separate electorates for Hindus and Muslims in municipalities and local bodies. Jinnah affirmed that this would shake the friendly relations between the two communities. It was very ironic that Jinnah was displayed as the main hero of a separate Muslim state after 25years.

Congress Session 1915

The most prominent accomplishment of the 1915 Bombay Session was that the structure of the Congress was pleasantly changed to allow the members from the extreme segment. Tilak answered by declaring the willingness of his followers to re-enter the Congress. As a conclusion, the number of delegates rose to 2259 from 866 a year back.

Congress Session 1916

This Lucknow Session symbolized the union of the moderates and extremists in the Congress but also the closing of positions within the Congress and the All India Muslim League.

Congress Session 1917

The Congress received the first woman President Annie Besant at the Calcutta Session.

Congress Session 1918

Congress, at the Special Session in Bombay, named the Montague-Chelmsford reformations as inferior. It asked for the Declaration of Rights for the people of India and affirmed that Indian lawmakers should possess the same tempo of Financial Autonomy as the Self-governing Dominions.

Congress Session 1919

At the 34th Session which was held in Amritsar(1919). Congress showed its profound solidarity for the people who were killed in the Jallianwala Bagh incident. Under the presidency of Motilal Nehru, the Congress convicted the incident in the strongest of terms.

Congress Session 1920

At its Nagpur Session, Congress attempted to strengthen the Non-Cooperation Movement. It asked dealers to ostracize any immigrant business associations and asked the government servants to help the nationwide event. The significance of using non-violent means was restated. The party also made certain necessary organizational transformations. The power of the A I. C. C. increased to 350 and a Working Committee of 15 members was created.

Congress Session 1921

In the Ahmedabad session, Hakim Ajmal Khan was commonly chosen to lead over Session in the absence of C.R. Das.C.R.Das was in jail at that time. Gandhiji was designated as the sole administrative influence of the Congress and endowed with broad powers of the AICC. Chairs and benches for members were excluded and Khadi tents were used for the first time.

Congress Session 1922

At the Gaya Session, Congress leaders discussed the advantages and disadvantages of maintaining its boycott of the government-created directorates. While the 'no-changers' led by C Rajagopalachari and faithful to Gandhiji supported maintaining the boycott, the Swarajists directed by C.R. Das suggested participating in the councils.

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