ANNUAL SESSIONS OF THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
| Year | Place | President | |
| 1885 | Bombay | W. C. Banerjee | At Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College Bombay 72 delegates |
| 1886 | Calcutta | Dadabhai Nauroji | 436 delegates |
| 1887 | Madras | Badruddin Tayyabji | Tayyabji became first Muslim President |
| 1888 | Allahabad | George Yule | George Yule became first English President |
| 1889 | Bombay | William Wedderburn | Congress represented all areas of British India |
| 1890 | Calcutta | F. S. Mehta | Decision taken to organise a session of Congress in London |
| 1891 | Nagpur | P. Anand Charlu | |
| 1892 | Allahabad | W. C. Banerjee | |
| 1893 | Lahore | Dadabhai Nauroji | |
| 1894 | Madras | Mr. Alfred Webb | |
| 1895 | Poona | S. N. Banerjee | Demand for a representative body only for educated class |
| 1896 | Calcutta | M. A. Sayani | |
| 1897 | Amravati | M.C. Sankaran | |
| 1898 | Madras | A. M. Bose | Social reform was set as the main goal |
| 1899 | Lucknow | Ramesh C. Dutt. | |
| 1900 | Lahore | H. G. Chandavarkar | |
| 1901 | Calcutta | Dinshaw E. Wacha | |
| 1902 | Ahmadabad | S. N. Banerjee | |
| 1903 | Madras | Lal Mohan Ghosh | |
| 1904 | Bombay | Henry Cotton | |
| 1905 | Varanasi | Gopal Krishna Gokhale | Expressed resentment against the partition of Bengal. |
| 1906 | Calcutta | Dadabhai Nauroji | Word Swaraj was first used from congress platform. |
| 1907 | Surat | Ras Bihari Ghosh | Congress split |
| 1908 | Madras | Ras Bihari Ghosh | Constitution for the Congress |
| 1916 | Lucknow | Ambika Charan Majumdar | Congress merger, Pact with Muslim League, Gandhi attended |
| 1917 | Calcutta | Annie Besant | Annie Besant became first women President |
| 1920 | Calcutta | Lala Lajpat Rai (suspended) | Gandhian programme was adopted. Change in Congress Constituion |
| Nagpur | C. Vijayraghava Chariar (Annual) | Hasrat Mohani demanded for complete independence. | |
| 1921 | Ahmedabad | C. R. Das (in prision) Hakim Ajaml Khan (acting) | Formation of Swaraj Party |
| 1924 | Belgaum | Mahatma Gandhi | Only session presided over by Gandhiji |
| 1925 | Kanpur | Sarojini Naidu | Sarojini Naidu became first Indian women President |
| 1927 | Madras | M. A. Ansari | Nehru and S C Bose moved resolution for independence and it was passed for the 1st time |
| 1928 | Calcutta | Motilal Nehru | First All India Youth Congress |
| 1929 | Lahore | Jawaharlal Nehru | Poorna Swaraj Resolution and pledge for Independence day on 26 January 1930 |
| 1931 | Karachi | Vallabbhai Patel | Resolution for Fundamental Rights and National Economic Policy Passed |
| 1934 | Bombay | Rajendra Prasad | Formation of Congress Socialist Party |
| 1936 | Lucknow | Jawaharlal Nehru | Support for socialism through democracy |
| 1937 | Faizpur | Jawaharlal Nehru | Demand for Constituent Assembly |
| 1938 | Haripura | Subhash Chandra Bose | Poorna Swaraj was to cover also princely states |
| 1939 | Tripuri | Subhash Chandra Bose (later Rajendra Prasad) | S C Bose resigned due to differenece with Gandhi |
| 1948 | Jaipur | Pattabhi Sitarammayya |
