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Indian National CongressHistory of Congress · Pradesh Congress Committee · All India Congress Committee · Congress Working Committee · Congress President · Central Election Committee · Statewise Election history of Congress Party 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 as 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 post. 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 Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee December 29, 1844–1906 1885 Bombay Dadabhai Naoroji September 4, 1825–1917 1886 Calcutta Badaruddin Taiyabji October 10, 1844–1906 1887 Madras George Yule 1829–1892 1888 Allahabad Sir William Wedderburn 1838–1918 1889 Bombay Sir Pherozeshah Mehta August 4, 1845–1915 1890 Calcutta Anandacharlu August 1843- 1908 1891 Nagpur Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee December 29, 1844–1906 1892 Allahabad Dadabhai Naoroji September 4, 1848–1925 1893 Lahore Alfred Webb 1834–1908 1894 Madras Surendranath Banerjee November 10, 1848–1925 1895 Poona Rahimtulla M. Sayani April 5, 1847–1902 1896 Calcutta Sir C. Sankaran Nair July 11, 1857–1934 1897 Amraoti Anandamohan Bose September 23, 1847–1906 1898 Madras Romesh Chunder Dutt August 13, 1848–1909 1899 Lucknow Sir Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar December 2, 1855–1923 1900 Lahore Sir Dinshaw Edulji Wacha August 2, 1844–1936 1901 Calcutta Surendranath Banerjee November 10, 1825–1917 1902 Ahmedabad Lalmohan Ghosh 1848–1909 1903 Madras Sir Henry Cotton 1845–1915 1904 Bombay Gopal Krishna Gokhale May 9, 1866–1915 1905 Benares Dadabhai Naoroji September 4, 1825–1917 1906 Calcutta Rashbihari Ghosh December 23, 1845–1921 1907 Surat Rashbihari Ghosh December 23, 1845–1921 1908 Madras Madan Mohan Malaviya December 25, 1861–1946 1909 Lahore Sir William Wedderburn 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 1859–1924 1914 Madras Lord Satyendra Prasanna Sinha March 1863- 1928 1915 Bombay Ambica Charan Mazumdar 1850–1922 1916 Lucknow Annie Besant October 1, 1847–1933 1917 Calcutta Madan Mohan Malaviya December 25, 1861–1946 1918 Delhi Syed Hasan Imam August 31, 1871–1933 1918 Bombay (Special Session) Pandit Motilal Nehru May 6, 1861- February 6, 1931 1919 Amritsar Lala Lajpat Rai January 28, 1865- November 17, 1928 1920 Calcutta (Special Session) C. Vijayaraghavachariar 1852- April 19, 1944 1920 Nagpur Hakim Ajmal Khan 1863- December 29, 1927 1921 Ahmedabad Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das November 5, 1870- June 16, 1925 1922 Gaya Maulana Mohammad Ali December 10, 1878- January 4, 1931 1923 Kakinada Abul Kalam Azad 1888- February 22, 1958 1923 Delhi (Special Session) Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi October 2, 1869- January 30, 1948 1924 Belgaum Sarojini Naidu February 13, 1879- March 2, 1949 1925 Kanpur S. Srinivasa Iyengar September 11, 1874- May 19, 1941 1926 Gauhati Dr. M A Ansari December 25, 1880- May 10, 1936 1927 Madras Pandit Motilal Nehru May 6, 1861- February 6, 1931 1928 Calcutta Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru November 14, 1889- May 27, 1964 1929 & 30 Lahore Vallabhbhai Patel October 31, 1875- December 15, 1950 1931 Karachi Madan Mohan Malaviya December 25, 1861–1946 1932 Delhi Madan Mohan Malaviya December 25, 1861–1946 1933 Calcutta Nellie Sengupta 1886–1973 1933 Calcutta Dr. Rajendra Prasad December 3, 1884- February 28, 1963 1934 & 35 Bombay Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru November 14, 1889- May 27, 1964 1936 Lucknow Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru November 14, 1889- May 27, 1964 1936& 37 Faizpur Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose January 23, 1897- ??? 1938 Haripura Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose January 23, 1897- ??? 1939 Tripuri Abul Kalam Azad 1888- February 22, 1958 1940-46 Ramgarh Acharya J.B. Kripalani 1888- March 19, 1982 1947 Delhi Dr Pattabhi Sitaraimayya December 24, 1880- December 17, 1959 1948 & 49 Jaipur Purushottam Das Tandon August 1, 1882- July 1, 1961 1950 Nasik Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru November 14, 1889- May 27, 1964 1951 & 52 Delhi Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru November 14, 1889- May 27, 1964 1953 Hyderabad Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru November 14, 1889- May 27, 1964 1954 Calcutta U. N. Dhebar September 21, 1905–1977 1955 Avadi U. N. Dhebar September 21, 1905–1977 1956 Amritsar U. N. Dhebar September 21, 1905–1977 1957 Indore U. N. Dhebar September 21, 1905–1977 1958 Gauhati U. N. Dhebar September 21, 1905–1977 1959 Nagpur Indira Gandhi November 19, 1917- October 31, 1984 1959 Delhi Neelam Sanjiva Reddy May 19, 1913- June 1, 1996 1960 Bangalore Neelam Sanjiva Reddy May 19, 1913- June 1, 1996 1961 Bhavnagar Neelam Sanjiva Reddy May 19, 1913- June 1, 1996 1962 & 63 Patna K. Kamaraj July 15, 1903- October 2, 1975 1964 Bhubaneswar K. Kamaraj July 15, 1903- October 2, 1975 1965 Durgapur K. Kamaraj July 15, 1903- October 2, 1975 1966 & 67 Jaipur S. Nijalingappa December 10, 1902- August 9, 2000 1968 Hyderabad S. Nijalingappa December 10, 1902- August 9, 2000 1969 Faridabad Jagjivan Ram April 5, 1908- July 6, 1986 1970 & 71 Bombay Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma August 19, 1918- December 26, 1999 1972- 74 Calcutta Dev Kant Baruah February 22, 1914–1996 1975- 77 Chandigarh Indira Gandhi November 19, 1917- October 31, 1984 1978- 83 Delhi Indira Gandhi November 19, 1917- October 31, 1984 1983 -84 Calcutta Rajiv Gandhi August 20, 1944- May 21, 1991 1985 -91 Bombay P. V. Narasimha Rao June 28, 1921- December 23, 2004 1992 -96 Tirupati Sitaram Kesri November 1919- October 24, 2000 1997 -98 Calcutta Sonia Gandhi December 9, 1946- 1998–present(2010) Calcutta External links
Indian National Congress Presidents Bonnerjee · Naoroji · Tyabji · Yule · Wedderburn · Mehta · Charlappa · Bonnerjee · Dadabhai Naoroji · Webb · Banerjea · Sayani · Nair · A. M. Bose · Dutt · Chandavarkar · Wacha · Banerjea · L. Ghosh · H. Cotton · Gokhale · Naoroji · R. Ghosh · (1907-1908) Malaviya · Wedderburn · Dar · Mudholkar · Bahadur · B. N. Bose · Sinha · Mazumdar · Besant · Malaviya · Imam · M. Nehru · Rai · C. Vijayaraghavachariar · Khan · Das · M. Ali · A. K. Azad · M. Gandhi · Naidu · Iyengar · Ansari · M. Nehru · J. Nehru · S. V. Patel · Malaviya (1932-1933) · Nellie Sengupta · Rajendra Prasad (1934-1935) · J. Nehru (1936-1937) · S. C. Bose · (1938-1939) · A. K. Azad (1940-1946) · Kripalani · Sitaramayya (1948-1949) · Tandon · J. Nehru (1951-1954) · Dhebar (1955-1959) · I. Gandhi · Reddy (1960-1963) · K. Kamaraj (1964-1967) · S. Nijalingappa (1968-1969) · J. Ram (1970-1971) · D. Sharma (1972-1974) · Baruah (1975-1977) · I. Gandhi (1978-1984) · R. Gandhi (1985-1991) · Narasimha Rao (1992-1996) · Kesri (1996-1998) · S. Gandhi (1998-present)Frontal Organizations Internal Organizations Congress President · Working President · Congress Working Committee · Central Election Committee · All India Congress Committee · Pradesh Congress CommitteePradesh committees Andhra Pradesh PCC · Assam PCC · Bihar PCC · Chhatisgarh PCC · Delhi PCC · Gujarat PCC · Haryana PCC · Himachal Pradesh PCC · Jammu & Kashmir PCC · Jharkhand PCC · Karnataka PCC · Kerala PCC · Maharashtra PCC · Madhya Pradesh PCC · Meghalaya PCC · Mizoram PCC · Mumbai PCC · Nagaland PCC · Orissa PCC · Puducherry PCC · Punjab PCC · Rajasthan PCC · Tamil Nadu PCC · Tripura PCC · Uttarakhand PCC · Uttar Pradesh PCC · West Bengal PCCHistory Categories:- Indian National Congress
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