| Year & Place | President | Importance |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Dar | 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 pre-independence session of the INC. |
| 1948 Jaipur |
Dr Pattabhi Sitaramayya | First session after Independence. |
| The first president of Indian National Congress was Womesh Chandra Banerji |
| The first session of the INC was held in Dec 1885 in Mumbai. |
| Mahatma Gandhi presided over the Belgaum session of INC in 1924. |
| The first woman president of INC was Mrs Annie Besant. |
| The first Indian woman president of the INC was Mrs Sarojini Naidu |
| The first Englishman to become the president of INC was George Yule |
| The first Muslim president of the INC was Badruddin Tayabji. |
| The president of INC at the time of India's independence was Acharya JB Kriplani. |
| Dadabhai Naoroji was elected the President three times from its formation in 1885 to 1947, namely in 1886, 1893 and 1906. |
| Pt Jawaharlal Nehru was also elected the President three times from its formation in 1885 to 1947, namely in 1929, 1936 and 1937. |