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. Kripalani. Annie 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 President	Picture	Life span	Year of Presidency	Place of Conference
1	Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee		29 December 1844 – 1906	1885	Bombay
2	Dadabhai Naoroji		4 September 1825 – 1917	1886	Calcutta
3	Badruddin Tyabji		10 October 1844 – 1906	1887	Madras
4	George Yule		1829–1892	1888	Allahabad
5	William Wedderburn		1838–1918	1889	Bombay
6	Pherozeshah Mehta		4 August 1845 – 1915	1890	Calcutta
7	Anandacharlu		August 1843 – 1908	1891	Nagpur
8	Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee		29 December 1844 – 1906	1892	Allahabad
9	Dadabhai Naoroji		4 September 1825 – 1917	1893	Lahore
10	Alfred Webb		1834–1908	1894	Madras
11	Surendranath Banerjee		10 November 1848 – 1925	1895	Poona
12	Rahimtulla M. Sayani		5 April 1847 – 1902	1896	Calcutta
13	C. Sankaran Nair		11 July 1857 – 1934	1897	Amravati
14	Anandamohan Bose		23 September 1847 – 1906	1898	Madras
15	Romesh Chunder Dutt		13 August 1848 – 1909	1899	Lucknow
16	N. G. Chandavarkar		2 December 1855 – 1923	1900	Lahore
17	Dinshaw Edulji Wacha		2 August 1844 – 1936	1901	Calcutta
18	Surendranath Banerjee		10 November 1825 – 1917	1902	Ahmedabad
19	Lalmohan Ghosh		1848–1909	1903	Madras
20	Henry Cotton		1845–1915	1904	Bombay
21	Gopal Krishna Gokhale		9 May 1866 – 1915	1905	Benares
22	Dadabhai Naoroji		4 September 1825 – 1917	1906	Calcutta
23	Rashbihari Ghosh		23 December 1845 – 1921	1907	Surat
24	Rashbihari Ghosh		23 December 1845 – 1921	1908	Madras
25	Madan Mohan Malaviya		25 December 1861 – 1946	1909	Lahore
26	William Wedderburn		1838–1918	1910	Allahabad
27	Bishan Narayan Dar		1864–1916	1911	Calcutta
28	Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar		1857–1921	1912	Bankipore
29	Nawab Syed Muhammad Bahadur		?–1919	1913	Karachi
30	Bhupendra Nath Bose		1859–1924	1914	Madras
31	Lord Satyendra Prasanna Sinha		March 1863 – 1928	1915	Bombay
32	Ambica Charan Mazumdar		1850–1922	1916	Lucknow
33	Annie Besant		1 October 1847 – 1933	1917	Calcutta
34	Madan Mohan Malaviya		25 December 1861 – 1946	1918	Delhi
35	Syed Hasan Imam		31 August 1871 – 1933	1918	Bombay (Special Session)
36	Motilal Nehru		6 May 1861 – 6 February 1931	1919	Amritsar
37	Lala Lajpat Rai		28 January 1865 – 17 November 1928	1920	Calcutta (Special Session)
38	C. Vijayaraghavachariar		1852 – 19 April 1944	1920	Nagpur
39	Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das (President) Hakim Ajmal Khan (Acting President)		1863 – 29 December 1927	1921	Ahmedabad
40	Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das		5 November 1870 – 16 June 1925	1922	Gaya
41	Mohammad Ali Jouhar		10 December 1878 – 4 January 1931	1923	Kakinada
42	Abul Kalam Azad		1888 – 22 February 1958	1923	Delhi (Special Session)
43	Mohandas Gandhi		2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948	1924	Belgaum
44	Sarojini Naidu		13 February 1879 – 2 March 1949	1925	Kanpur
45	S. Srinivasa Iyengar		September 11, 1874 – 19 May 1941	1926	Gauhati
46	Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari		25 December 1880 – 10 May 1936	1927	Madras
47	Motilal Nehru		6 May 1861 – 6 February 1931	1928	Calcutta
48	Jawaharlal Nehru		14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964	1929 & 30	Lahore
49	Vallabhbhai Patel		31 October 1875 – 15 December 1950	1931	Karachi
50	Madan Mohan Malaviya		25 December 1861 – 1946	1932	Delhi
51	Nellie Sengupta		1886–1973	1933	Calcutta
52	Rajendra Prasad		3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963	1934 & 35	Bombay
53	Jawaharlal Nehru		14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964	1936	Lucknow
54	Jawaharlal Nehru		14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964	1936	Faizpur
55	Subhas Chandra Bose		23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945	1938	Haripura
56	Subhas Chandra Bose (resigned) Rajendra Prasad replaced Bose after the session.		23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945	1939	Tripuri near Jabalpur
57	Abul Kalam Azad		1888 – 22 February 1958	1940–46	Ramgarh
58	J. B. Kripalani		1888 – 19 March 1982	1947	Meerut
59	Pattabhi Sitaraimayya		24 December 1880 – 17 December 1959	1948 & 49	Jaipur
60	Purushottam Das Tandon		1 August 1882 – 1 July 1961	1950	Nasik
61	Jawaharlal Nehru		14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964	1951 & 52	Delhi
62	Jawaharlal Nehru		14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964	1953	Hyderabad
63	Jawaharlal Nehru		14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964	1954	Calcutta
64	U. N. Dhebar		21 September 1905 – 1977	1955	Avadi
65	U. N. Dhebar		21 September 1905 – 1977	1956	Amritsar
66	U. N. Dhebar		21 September 1905 – 1977	1957	Indore
67	U. N. Dhebar		21 September 1905 – 1977	1958	Gauhati
68	U. N. Dhebar		21 September 1905 – 1977	1959	Nagpur
69	Indira Gandhi		19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984	1959	Delhi (Special Session)
70	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy		19 May 1913 – 1 June 1996	1960	Bangalore
71	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy		19 May 1913 – 1 June 1996	1961	Bhavnagar
72	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy		19 May 1913 – 1 June 1996	1962 & 63	Patna
73	K. Kamaraj		15 July 1903 – 2 October 1975	1964	Bhubaneswar
74	K. Kamaraj		15 July 1903 – 2 October 1975	1965	Durgapur
75	K. Kamaraj		15 July 1903 – 2 October 1975	1966 & 67	Jaipur
76	S. Nijalingappa		10 December 1902 – 9 August 2000	1968	Hyderabad
77	S. Nijalingappa		10 December 1902 – 9 August 2000	1969	Faridabad
78	Jagjivan Ram		5 April 1908 – 6 July 1986	1970 & 71	Bombay
79	Shankar Dayal Sharma		19 August 1918 – 26 December 1999	1972–74	Calcutta
80	Devakanta Barua		22 February 1914 – 1996	1975–77	Chandigarh
81	Kasu Brahmananda Reddy		28 July 1909 -1994	1977–1978
82	Indira Gandhi		19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984	1978–83	Delhi
83	Indira Gandhi		19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984	1983 & 84	Calcutta
84	Rajiv Gandhi		20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991	1985–91	Bombay
85	P. V. Narasimha Rao		28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004	1992–96	Tirupati
86	Sitaram Kesri		November 1919 – 24 October 2000	1996–98	Calcutta
87	Sonia Gandhi		9 December 1946	1998–2017	Calcutta
88	Rahul Gandhi		19 June 1970	2017 -Present	Delhi

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