Question
Download Solution PDFHow many delegates attended the first session of Congress in 1885?
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 72.
- 72 members participated in the first session of congress in 1885.
- Indian National Congress was formed in 1885 by A.O Hume a member of the Imperial Civil Service.
- The first meeting of the Indian National Congress was held on December 28th, 1885.
- The first session was held at a hall of Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay.
- Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee was the first president of the Indian National Congress.
- He was an Indian barrister.
- In the first session out of 72, 39 were lawyers and this trend continued i.e. more than one-third of delegates were from a legal background.
Additional Information
- Sessions of Indian National Congress:
|
Year |
Place |
President and fact |
|---|---|---|
|
1885, 1892 |
Bombay, Allahabad |
Womesh Chandra Bannerjee |
| 1886 | Calcutta | Dadabhai Naoroji was the president. National Congress and National Conference. |
| 1894 | Madras | Alfred Webb |
| 1896 | Calcutta | Rahimtullah M. Sayani was the president. The national song ‘Vande Mataram’ sung for the first time. |
| 1906 | Calcutta | Dadabhai Naoroji was the president. The word ‘Swaraj’ was mentioned for the first time. |
|
1916 |
Lucknow |
A.C Majumdar (Re-union of the Congress) |
| 1917 | Calcutta | Annie Besant was the first woman president of the INC. |
|
1919 |
Amritsar |
Motilal Nehru |
| 1922 | Gaya | C R Das |
|
1939 |
Tripuri |
S.C.Bose was re-elected but had to resign due to protests by Gandhiji (as Gandhiji supported Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya). Rajendra Prasad was appointed in his place. |
|
1948 |
Jaipur |
Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya (Last session) |
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