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The Congress met at Karachi in March 1931 to endorse the
Gandhi-Irwin or the Delhi Pact. It was presided over by Sardar Patel.
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This session became memorable for its resolution on the
Fundamental Rights and the National Economic Programs.
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The resolution spelt for the first time what Swaraj would
mean to the massed.
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Resolution on fundamental rights was drafted by the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru.
Sessions of Congress:
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SESSIONS OF THE CONGRESS
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Session
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Year
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President
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Place
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Remarks
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First
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1885
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W.C. Banerjee
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Bombay
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Attended by 72 delegates
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Second
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1886
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Dadabhai Naoroji
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Calcutta
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Number of delegates increased to 436
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Third
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1887
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Badruddin Tyabji
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Madras
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First Muslim President
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Fourth
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1888
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George Yule
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Allahabad
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First English President
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Fifth
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1889
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William Wedderburn
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Bombay
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Sixth
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1890
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Pherozeshah Mehla
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Calcutta
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Seventh
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1891
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Nagpur
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Eighth
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1892
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W.C. Banerjee
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Allahabad
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Ninth
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1893
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Dadabhai Naoroji
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Lahore
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Tenth
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1894
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Alfred Webb
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Madras
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Eleventh
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1895
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Surendra Nath Banerjee
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Poona
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Twelfth
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1896
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Rahimtulla Sayani
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Calcutta
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Vande Matram was sung for the first time
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Thirteenth
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1897
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C Shankaran Nayar
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Amravati
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Fourteenth
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1898
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Anand Mohan Bose
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Madras
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Fifteenth
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1899
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Romesh Chandra Dutt
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Lucknow
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Sixteenth
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1900
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N.G. Chandrawarkar
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Lahore
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Seventeenth
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1901
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Dinshaw. E. Wacha
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Calcutta
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Eighteenth
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1902
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Surendra Nath Banerjee
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Ahmedabad
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Nineteenth
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1903
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Lal Mohan Ghosh
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Madras
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Twentieth
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1904
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Henry Cotton
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Bombay
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Twenty First
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1905
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Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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Varanasi
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Twenty Second
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1906
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Dadabhai Naoroji
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Calcutta
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The word Swaraj used for the first time by the
President
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Twenty Third
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1907
1908
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Rash Bihari Ghosh
Rash Bihari Ghosh
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Surat (Postponed)
Madras
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First split of Congress into Moderates and Extremists. 23rd session was
held again in
Madras in 1908
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Twenty Fourth
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1909
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Madan Mohan Malviya
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Lahore
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Twenty Fifth
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1910
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William Wedderburn
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Allahabad
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Twenty Sixth
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1911
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Bishan Narayan Dhar
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Calcutta
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Jan-Gana-Mana was sung for the first time
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Twenty Seventh
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1912
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R.N. Mudolkar
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Bankipur
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Twenty Eighth
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1913
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Nawab Sayyid Mohammad
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Karachi
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Twenty Ninth
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1914
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Bhupendra Nath Basu
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Madras
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The Governor of Madras, Lord Portland attended this session
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Thirtieth
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1915
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Satyendra Prassana Sinha
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Bombay
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Thirty First
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1916
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Ambika Charan Mazumdar
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Lucknow
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Merger of Congress. Congress - Muslim Pact or
Lucknow Pact
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Thirty Second
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1917
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Annie Besant
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Calcutta
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First Woman President of Congress
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Special Session
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1918
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Syed Hasan Inam
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Bombay
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Thirty Third
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1918
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Madan Mohan Malviya
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Delhi
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Resignation of S N Banerjee
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Thirty Fourth
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1919
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Motilal Nehru
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Amritsar
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Thirty Fifth
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1920
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C. Vijay Raghvachariyar
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Nagpur
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Non-cooperation movement resolution passed.
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Special Session
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1920
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Lala Lajpat Rai
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Calcutta
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Thirty Sixth
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1921
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CR Das (In prison)
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Ahmedabad
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Hakim Almal Khan (Acting President)
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Thirty Seventh
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1922
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C R Das
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Gaya
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Thirty Eighth
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1923
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Maulana Muhammed Ali
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Kakinada
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Special Session
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1923
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Abul Kalam Azad
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Delhi
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Youngest President (35 years old)
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Thirty Ninth
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1924
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Belgaum
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Fortieth
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1925
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Sarojini Naidu
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Kanpur
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First Indian Women President
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Fourty First
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1926
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Srinivas lyengar
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Guwahati
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Every Congress person to compulsorily wear Khadi
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Fourty Second
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1927
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M.A. Ansari
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Madras
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Poorna Swaraj was now the aim of Congress
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Fourty Third
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1928
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Motilal Nehru
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Calcutta
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First All India Youth Congress formed
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Fourty Fourth
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1929
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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Lahore
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Poorna Swaraj Resolution passed
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Fourty Fifth
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1931
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Vallabhbhai Patel
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Karachi
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Resolution of Fundamental Rights and National
Economic Policy
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Fourty Sixth
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1932
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Amrit Ranchoddas
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Delhi
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Fourty Seventh
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1933
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Smt. Nelli Sengupta
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Calcutta
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Fourty Eighth
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1934
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Rajendra Prasad
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Bombay
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Formation of Congress Socialist Party
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Fourty Ninth
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1936
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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Lucknow
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Fiftieth
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1937
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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Faizpur
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First session to be held in Village
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Fifty First
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1938
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Subhash Chandra Bose
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Haripura (Gujarat)
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National Planning Committee set up under the
chairmanship of Jawaharlal Nehru
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Fifty Second
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1939
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Subhash Chandra Bose/Rajendra Prasad
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Tripuri (Madhya Pradesh)
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Resignation of Bose (Rajendra Prasad took over), formation of Forward
Bloc.
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Fifty Third
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1941-45
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Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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Ramgarh
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No Session held during 1941-45
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Fifty Fourth
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1946
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J.B. Kripalani
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Meerut
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J.B. Kriplani was the President Congress at the
time of independence. He resigned in resigned in November 1947 after which
Rajendra Prasad was elected as the President of Congress
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Fifty Fifth
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1948
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Pattabhi Sitarammaiya
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Jaipur
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The session began with singing the Vande Mataram and Jana-Gana-Mana
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