List of presidents of the Indian National Congress
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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.
History
Traditionally, the post rotated between prominent members of the party, successive terms for the same person being frowned upon. During Nehru's premiership, he rarely held the Presidency of INC, even though he was always head of the Legislative Party.
Indira Gandhi however, institutionalised the practice of having the same person as the President and the Prime Minister after the first Congress split of 1969. Her son Rajiv Gandhi continued that practice. He was the INC President and the Prime Minister.
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.
In 2004, when the INC was voted back Dr Manmohan Singh became the first INC Prime Minister, not to be the INC President since the practice began. Sonia Gandhi is the current Congress President, but not Prime Minister.
List of presidents of the party
Name of President | Life Span | Year of Presidency | Place of Conference | |
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Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee | 29 December 1844 – 1906 | 1885 | Bombay | |
Dadabhai Naoroji | 4 September 1825 – 1917 | 1886 | Calcutta | |
Badruddin Tyabji | 10 October 1844 – 1906 | 1887 | Madras | |
George Yule | 1829–1892 | 1888 | Allahabad | |
Sir William Wedderburn, 4th Baronet | 1838–1918 | 1889 | Bombay | |
Sir Pherozeshah Mehta | 4 August 1845 – 1915 | 1890 | Calcutta | |
Anandacharlu | August 1843– 1908 | 1891 | Nagpur | |
Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee | 29 December 1844 – 1906 | 1892 | Allahabad | |
Dadabhai Naoroji | 4 September 1848 – 1925 | 1893 | Lahore | |
Alfred Webb | 1834–1908 | 1894 | Madras | |
Surendranath Banerjee | File:B 0110A.jpg | 10 November 1848 – 1925 | 1895 | Poona |
Rahimtulla M. Sayani | 5 April 1847 – 1902 | 1896 | Calcutta | |
Sir C. Sankaran Nair | 11 July 1857 – 1934 | 1897 | Amraoti | |
Anandamohan Bose | 23 September 1847 – 1906 | 1898 | Madras | |
Romesh Chunder Dutt | 13 August 1848 – 1909 | 1899 | Lucknow | |
Sir Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar | 2 December 1855 – 1923 | 1900 | Lahore | |
Sir Dinshaw Edulji Wacha | 2 August 1844 – 1936 | 1901 | Calcutta | |
Surendranath Banerjee | File:B 0110A.jpg | 10 November 1825 – 1917 | 1902 | Ahmedabad |
Lalmohan Ghosh | 1848–1909 | 1903 | Madras | |
Sir Henry Cotton | 1845–1915 | 1904 | Bombay | |
Gopal Krishna Gokhale | 9 May 1866 – 1915 | 1905 | Benares | |
Dadabhai Naoroji | 4 September 1825 – 1917 | 1906 | Calcutta | |
Rashbihari Ghosh | 23 December 1845 – 1921 | 1907 | Surat | |
Rashbihari Ghosh | 23 December 1845 – 1921 | 1908 | Madras | |
Madan Mohan Malaviya | 25 December 1861 – 1946 | 1909 | Lahore | |
Sir William Wedderburn, 4th Baronet | 1838–1918 | 1910 | Allahabad | |
Pandit Bishan Narayan Dar | 1864–1916 | 1911 | Calcutta | |
Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar | 1857–1921 | 1912 | Bankipur | |
Nawab Syed Muhammad Bahadur | ?- 1919 | 1913 | Karachi | |
Bhupendra Nath Bose | File:BhupendraNathBose.jpg | 1859–1924 | 1914 | Madras |
Lord Satyendra Prasanna Sinha | March 1863– 1928 | 1915 | Bombay | |
Ambica Charan Mazumdar | 1850–1922 | 1916 | Lucknow | |
Annie Besant | 1 October 1847 – 1933 | 1917 | Calcutta | |
Madan Mohan Malaviya | 25 December 1861 – 1946 | 1918 | Delhi | |
Syed Hasan Imam | 31 August 1871 – 1933 | 1918 | Bombay (Special Session) | |
Pandit Motilal Nehru | 6 May 1861– 6 February 1931 | 1919 | Amritsar | |
Lala Lajpat Rai | 28 January 1865– 17 November 1928 | 1920 | Calcutta (Special Session) | |
C. Vijayaraghavachariar | 1852– 19 April 1944 | 1920 | Nagpur | |
Hakim Ajmal Khan | 1863– 29 December 1927 | 1921 | Ahmedabad | |
Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das | 5 November 1870– 16 June 1925 | 1922 | Gaya | |
Mohammad Ali Jouhar | 10 December 1878– 4 January 1931 | 1923 | Kakinada | |
Abul Kalam Azad | 1888– 22 February 1958 | 1923 | Delhi (Special Session) | |
Mahatma Gandhi | 2 October 1869– 30 January 1948 | 1924 | Belgaum | |
Sarojini Naidu | File:Sarojini Naidu in Bombay 1946.jpg | 13 February 1879– 2 March 1949 | 1925 | Kanpur |
S. Srinivasa Iyengar | September 11, 1874– 19 May 1941 | 1926 | Gauhati | |
Dr. M A Ansari | 25 December 1880– 10 May 1936 | 1927 | Madras | |
Pandit Motilal Nehru | 6 May 1861– 6 February 1931 | 1928 | Calcutta | |
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru | 14 November 1889– 27 May 1964 | 1929 & 30 | Lahore | |
Vallabhbhai Patel | File:Sardar patel.jpg | 31 October 1875– 15 December 1950 | 1931 | Karachi |
Madan Mohan Malaviya | 25 December 1861 – 1946 | 1932 | Delhi | |
Madan Mohan Malaviya | 25 December 1861 – 1946 | 1933 | Calcutta | |
Nellie Sengupta | 1886–1973 | 1933 | Calcutta | |
Dr. Rajendra Prasad | File:Rajendra Prasad portrait.jpg | 3 December 1884– 28 February 1963 | 1934 & 35 | Bombay |
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru | 14 November 1889– 27 May 1964 | 1936 | Lucknow | |
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru | 14 November 1889– 27 May 1964 | 1936& 37 | Faizpur | |
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose | File:Subhas Bose.jpg | 23 January 1897 – Unknown | 1938 | Haripura |
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose | File:Subhas Bose.jpg | 23 January 1897 – Unknown | 1939 | Tripuri |
Abul Kalam Azad | 1888– 22 February 1958 | 1940–46 | Ramgarh | |
Acharya J.B. Kripalani | File:J. B. Kripalani.jpg | 1888– 19 March 1982 | 1947 | Delhi |
Dr Pattabhi Sitaraimayya | File:Pattabhi Sitaramayya 1948.jpg | 24 December 1880– 17 December 1959 | 1948 & 49 | Jaipur |
Purushottam Das Tandon | 1 August 1882– 1 July 1961 | 1950 | Nasik | |
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru | 14 November 1889– 27 May 1964 | 1951 & 52 | Delhi | |
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru | 14 November 1889– 27 May 1964 | 1953 | Hyderabad | |
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru | 14 November 1889– 27 May 1964 | 1954 | Calcutta | |
U. N. Dhebar | 21 September 1905 – 1977 | 1955 | Avadi | |
U. N. Dhebar | 21 September 1905 – 1977 | 1956 | Amritsar | |
U. N. Dhebar | 21 September 1905 – 1977 | 1957 | Indore | |
U. N. Dhebar | 21 September 1905 – 1977 | 1958 | Gauhati | |
U. N. Dhebar | 21 September 1905 – 1977 | 1959 | Nagpur | |
Indira Gandhi | 19 November 1917– 31 October 1984 | 1959 | Delhi | |
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | 19 May 1913– 1 June 1996 | 1960 | Bangalore | |
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | 19 May 1913– 1 June 1996 | 1961 | Bhavnagar | |
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | 19 May 1913– 1 June 1996 | 1962 & 63 | Patna | |
K. Kamaraj | 15 July 1903– 2 October 1975 | 1964 | Bhubaneswar | |
K. Kamaraj | 15 July 1903– 2 October 1975 | 1965 | Durgapur | |
K. Kamaraj | 15 July 1903– 2 October 1975 | 1966 & 67 | Jaipur | |
S. Nijalingappa | 10 December 1902– 9 August 2000 | 1968 | Hyderabad | |
S. Nijalingappa | 10 December 1902– 9 August 2000 | 1969 | Faridabad | |
Jagjivan Ram | File:Babu Jagjivan Ram.jpg | 5 April 1908– 6 July 1986 | 1970 & 71 | Bombay |
Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma | 19 August 1918– 26 December 1999 | 1972– 74 | Calcutta | |
Dev Kant Baruah | 22 February 1914 – 1996 | 1975– 77 | Chandigarh | |
Indira Gandhi | 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984 | 1978 – 83 | Delhi | |
Indira Gandhi | 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984 | 1983-84 | Calcutta | |
Rajiv Gandhi | 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991 | 1985-91 | Bombay | |
P. V. Narasimha Rao | 28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004 | 1992-96 | Tirupati | |
Sitaram Kesri | November 1919 – 24 October 2000 | 1997-98 | Calcutta | |
Sonia Gandhi | 9 December 1946– | 1998–present | Calcutta |
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Damodaram Sanjivayya was elected as Congress President in 1962 (NOT Neelam Sanjiva Reddy)