List of Presidents of the Indian National Congress





   The Indian National Congress (INC) is one of the two major parties in the political system of Republic of India. The President of the Indian National Congress is the elected head of the party responsible for managing the party's relationship with the general public, developing and communicating party policy especially on election platforms. The President of the All India Congress Committee, and therefore of the Indian National Congress Party (INC) as a whole, is known as the Congress President.
Since the party was established in 1885, 60 people have served as president. The first, Umesh Chandra Banerjee presided over the first session of the Indian National Congress held at Bombay in 1885 from 28 December to 31 December. The most recently serving president is Rahul Gandhi. The president of INC at the time of India's independence was J. B. KripalaniAnnie Besant was the first woman president of INC where sarojini Naidu ]] was the first Indian woman president of INC. There are six members of Nehru–Gandhi family who have been Congress Presidents.

History

 During 1885–1933, the presidency had a term of 1 year only. Traditionally, the post rotated between prominent members of the party, successive terms for the same person being frowned upon. During Jawaharlal Nehru's premiership, he rarely held the Presidency of INC, even though he was always head of the Legislative Party.
Indira Gandhi however, institutionalized the practice of having the same person as the Congress President and the Prime Minister after the second Congress split of 1978. Her son Rajiv Gandhi continued that practice.
Narasimha Rao too held both the Congress President and the Prime Minister's posts. Sitaram Kesri held the post after INC was voted out. But as the INC never returned to power under his leadership, he didn't hold the two posts together.
During 2000–09, INC did not host a conference for the first time in history. In 2004, when the INC was voted back into power, Manmohan Singh became the first Prime Minister, not to be the president of the party. Sonia Gandhi is the longest serving president of the Congress party, having held the office byfor nineteen years from 1998 to 2017.[1][2] Her son Rahul Gandhi is the current Congress President.


Presidents[edit]

No.Name of PresidentPictureLife spanYear of PresidencyPlace of Conference
1Womesh Chandra BonnerjeeWCBonnerjee.jpg29 December 1844 – 19061885Bombay
2Dadabhai NaorojiDadabhai Naoroji.jpg4 September 1825 – 19171886Calcutta
3Badruddin TyabjiBadruddinTyabji.jpg10 October 1844 – 19061887Madras
4George YuleGeorge Yule.jpg1829–18921888Allahabad
5William WedderburnWilliamWedderburn.jpg1838–19181889Bombay
6Pherozeshah MehtaPherozeshah Mehta 1996 stamp of India.jpg4 August 1845 – 19151890Calcutta
7AnandacharluAugust 1843 – 19081891Nagpur
8Womesh Chandra BonnerjeeWCBonnerjee.jpg29 December 1844 – 19061892Allahabad
9Dadabhai NaorojiDadabhai Naoroji.jpg4 September 1825 – 19171893Lahore
10Alfred WebbAlfredWebb.jpg1834–19081894Madras
11Surendranath BanerjeeSurendranath Banerjee.jpg10 November 1848 – 19251895Poona
12Rahimtulla M. SayaniRMSayani.jpg5 April 1847 – 19021896Calcutta
13C. Sankaran NairSirChetturSankaranNair.jpg11 July 1857 – 19341897Amravati
14Anandamohan BoseAnandaMohanBose.JPG23 September 1847 – 19061898Madras
15Romesh Chunder DuttRomesh Chunder Dutt.jpg13 August 1848 – 19091899Lucknow
16N. G. ChandavarkarN. G. Chandavarkar cyclopedia.png2 December 1855 – 19231900Lahore
17Dinshaw Edulji WachaDinshawWacha.jpg2 August 1844 – 19361901Calcutta
18Surendranath BanerjeeSurendranath Banerjee.jpg10 November 1825 – 19171902Ahmedabad
19Lalmohan Ghosh1848–19091903Madras
20Henry CottonHenry Cotton.jpg1845–19151904Bombay
21Gopal Krishna GokhaleGopal krishan gokhale.jpg9 May 1866 – 19151905Benares
22Dadabhai NaorojiDadabhai Naoroji.jpg4 September 1825 – 19171906Calcutta
23Rashbihari Ghosh23 December 1845 – 19211907Surat
24Rashbihari Ghosh23 December 1845 – 19211908Madras
25Madan Mohan MalaviyaMadan Mohan Malaviya1.jpg25 December 1861 – 19461909Lahore
26William WedderburnWilliamWedderburn.jpg1838–19181910Allahabad
27Bishan Narayan Dar1864–19161911Calcutta
28Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar1857–19211912Bankipore
29Nawab Syed Muhammad Bahadur?–19191913Karachi
30Bhupendra Nath Bose1859–19241914Madras
31Lord Satyendra Prasanna SinhaMarch 1863 – 19281915Bombay
32Ambica Charan Mazumdar1916muzumdar.jpg1850–19221916Lucknow
33Annie BesantAnnie Besant.png1 October 1847 – 19331917Calcutta
34Madan Mohan MalaviyaMadan Mohan Malaviya1.jpg25 December 1861 – 19461918Delhi
35Syed Hasan ImamSyed Hasan Imam.jpg31 August 1871 – 19331918Bombay (Special Session)
36Motilal NehruMotilalNehru4.jpg6 May 1861 – 6 February 19311919Amritsar
37Lala Lajpat RaiLala lajpat Rai.jpg28 January 1865 – 17 November 19281920Calcutta (Special Session)
38C. Vijayaraghavachariar1852 – 19 April 19441920Nagpur
39Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das (President)
Hakim Ajmal Khan (Acting President)
1921ajmalkhan.jpg1863 – 29 December 19271921Ahmedabad
40Deshbandhu Chittaranjan DasChittaranjan Das.JPG5 November 1870 – 16 June 19251922Gaya
41Mohammad Ali JouharMohammad Ali Jauhar 1978 stamp of India.jpg10 December 1878 – 4 January 19311923Kakinada
42Abul Kalam AzadMaulana Abul Kalam Azad.jpg1888 – 22 February 19581923Delhi (Special Session)
43Mohandas GandhiPortrait Gandhi.jpg2 October 1869 – 30 January 19481924Belgaum
44Sarojini NaiduSarojini Naidu in Bombay 1946.jpg13 February 1879 – 2 March 19491925Kanpur
45S. Srinivasa IyengarS. Srinivasa Iyengar.jpgSeptember 11, 1874 – 19 May 19411926Gauhati
46Mukhtar Ahmed AnsariMukhtar Ahmed Ansari 1980 stamp of India.jpg25 December 1880 – 10 May 19361927Madras
47Motilal NehruMotilalNehru4.jpg6 May 1861 – 6 February 19311928Calcutta
48Jawaharlal NehruJnehru.jpg14 November 1889 – 27 May 19641929 & 30Lahore
49Vallabhbhai PatelSardar patel (cropped).jpg31 October 1875 – 15 December 19501931Karachi
50Madan Mohan MalaviyaMadan Mohan Malaviya1.jpg25 December 1861 – 19461932Delhi
51Nellie Sengupta 1886–19731933Calcutta
52Rajendra PrasadFood Minister Rajendra Prasad during a radio broadcast in Dec 1947 cropped.jpg3 December 1884 – 28 February 19631934 & 35Bombay
53Jawaharlal NehruJnehru.jpg14 November 1889 – 27 May 19641936Lucknow
54Jawaharlal NehruJnehru.jpg14 November 1889 – 27 May 19641936Faizpur
55Subhas Chandra BoseSubhas Chandra Bose.jpg23 January 1897 – 18 August 19451938Haripura
56Subhas Chandra Bose (resigned)
Rajendra Prasad replaced Bose after
the session.
Subhas Chandra Bose.jpg23 January 1897 – 18 August 19451939Tripuri near Jabalpur
57Abul Kalam AzadMaulana Abul Kalam Azad.jpg1888 – 22 February 19581940–46Ramgarh
58J. B. Kripalani1888 – 19 March 19821947Meerut
59Pattabhi SitaraimayyaBhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya 1997 stamp of India.jpg24 December 1880 – 17 December 19591948 & 49Jaipur
60Purushottam Das Tandon1 August 1882 – 1 July 19611950Nasik
61Jawaharlal NehruJnehru.jpg14 November 1889 – 27 May 19641951 & 52Delhi
62Jawaharlal NehruJnehru.jpg14 November 1889 – 27 May 19641953Hyderabad
63Jawaharlal NehruJnehru.jpg14 November 1889 – 27 May 19641954Calcutta
64U. N. Dhebar21 September 1905 – 19771955Avadi
65U. N. Dhebar21 September 1905 – 19771956Amritsar
66U. N. Dhebar21 September 1905 – 19771957Indore
67U. N. Dhebar21 September 1905 – 19771958Gauhati
68U. N. Dhebar21 September 1905 – 19771959Nagpur
69Indira GandhiIndira Gandhi in 1967.jpg19 November 1917 – 31 October 19841959Delhi (Special Session)
70Neelam Sanjiva ReddyNeelamSanjeevaReddy.jpg19 May 1913 – 1 June 19961960Bangalore
71Neelam Sanjiva ReddyNeelamSanjeevaReddy.jpg19 May 1913 – 1 June 19961961Bhavnagar
72Neelam Sanjiva ReddyNeelamSanjeevaReddy.jpg19 May 1913 – 1 June 19961962 & 63Patna
73K. KamarajK Kamaraj 1976 stamp of India.jpg15 July 1903 – 2 October 19751964Bhubaneswar
74K. KamarajK Kamaraj 1976 stamp of India.jpg15 July 1903 – 2 October 19751965Durgapur
75K. KamarajK Kamaraj 1976 stamp of India.jpg15 July 1903 – 2 October 19751966 & 67Jaipur
76S. NijalingappaSnijalingappa.jpg10 December 1902 – 9 August 20001968Hyderabad
77S. NijalingappaSnijalingappa.jpg10 December 1902 – 9 August 20001969Faridabad
78Jagjivan RamJagjivan Ram.jpg5 April 1908 – 6 July 19861970 & 71Bombay
79Shankar Dayal SharmaShankar Dayal Sharma 36.jpg19 August 1918 – 26 December 19991972–74Calcutta
80Devakanta BaruaDev Kant Baruah.jpg22 February 1914 – 19961975–77Chandigarh
81Kasu Brahmananda ReddyKasu Brahmananda Reddy 2011 stamp of India.jpg28 July 1909 -19941977–1978
82Indira GandhiIndira Gandhi in 1967.jpg19 November 1917 – 31 October 19841978–83Delhi
83Indira GandhiIndira Gandhi in 1967.jpg19 November 1917 – 31 October 19841983 & 84Calcutta
84Rajiv GandhiRajiv Gandhi (cropped).jpg20 August 1944 – 21 May 19911985–91Bombay
85P. V. Narasimha RaoP V Narasimha Rao.png28 June 1921 – 23 December 20041992–96Tirupati
86Sitaram KesriNovember 1919 – 24 October 20001996–98Calcutta
87Sonia GandhiSonia Gandhi (cropped).jpg9 December 19461998–2017Calcutta
88Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi.jpg19 June 19702017 -PresentDelhi
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