Congress
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1 Pre-Congress Associations
| Name of Organisation | Founders | Place | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landholders Society | Dwarkanath Tagore | Calcutta | 1830 |
| British India Society | William Adam | London | 1839 |
| British India Association | Devendranath Tagore | Calcutta | 1851 |
| Bombay Association | Jaganath Shankerseth | Bombay | 1852 |
| East India Association | Dadabhai Naoroji | London | 1866 |
| National Indian Association | Mary Carpenter (biographer of Roy) | London | 1867 |
| Poona Sarvajanik Sabha | S. H. Chiplunkar, G. V. Joshi, M. G. Ranade | Poona | 1870 |
| Indian Society | Anandmohan Bose | London | 1872 |
| Indian Association | Anandmohan Bose, S. N. Bannerji | London | 1876 |
| Madras Mahajan Sabha | Aiyer, Viragavachari, Anadcharlu | Madras | 1874 |
| Bombay Presidency Association | Pherozshah Mehta, K. T. Telang, Badrudin Tyabji | Bombay | 1885 |
2 Miscellaneous Facts about Congress
| Viceroy at the Time | Lord Dufferin | |
| Secretary of State | Lord Cross | |
| 1st President | W. C. Bonnerjee | 1st session at Gokaldas Tejpal Hall, Bombay, 1885 |
| 1st Secretary | A. O. Hume | |
| 2nd Session | Calcutta, president Dadabhai Naoroji | |
| 3rd Session | Madras, president Badrudin Tyabji | |
| 4th Session | president George Yule | |
| 5th Session | president William Wedderburn |
| Year | Place | President |
|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Bombay | W. C. Bonnerji |
| 1886 | Calcutta | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| 1887 | Madras | Badrudin Tyabji |
| 1888 | Allahabad | George Yule |
| 1889 | Bombay | William Wedderburn |
| 1890 | Calcutta | Pherozshah Mehta |
| 1905 | Benares | Gopal Krishan Gokhale |
| 1906 | Calcutta | Dadabhai Naoroji |
| 1907 | Surat | Rash Behari Ghosh |
| 1908 | Madras | Rash Behari Ghosh |
| 1909 | Lahore | M. M. Malviya |
| 1916 | Lucknow | Ambica Charan Mazumdar |
| 1917 | Calcutta | Annie Besant |
| 1918 | Delhi | M. M. Malaviya, Syed Hassan Imam |
| 1919 | Amritsar | Motilal Nehru |
| 1920 | Calcutta | Lala Lajpat Rai |
| 1920 | Nagpur | C. Vijay Ragavacharya |
| 1921 | Ahmadabad | C. R. Das (Acting Hakim Ajmal Khan) |
| 1924 | Belgaon | Gandhi |
| 1929 | Lahore | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 1938 | Haripura | S. C. Bose |
| 1939 | Tripuri | S. C. Bose |
| 1946 | Meerut | Acharya Kriplani |