Indian National Congress

The first session of the Indian National Congress was held in Bombay on 28 December 1885, with Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee as president.

The Calcutta session under Dadabhai Naoroji emphasized Swaraj as a central political objective.

Annie Besant became the first woman president of the Indian National Congress.

Sarojini Naidu became the first Indian woman to preside over the Congress.

The Lahore session under Jawaharlal Nehru adopted the Purna Swaraj declaration.

The Congress adopted resolutions on fundamental rights and national economic policy.

Congress leaders played a central role in India's independence movement and the transition to self-government.

India became a republic and Congress remained the dominant national political party in the early decades after independence.

Indira Gandhi became Prime Minister and later became Congress president.

Indira Gandhi led the reconstituted Congress organization following the party split.

Congress won 404 Lok Sabha seats under Rajiv Gandhi.

P. V. Narasimha Rao became Prime Minister and the government initiated major economic reforms.

Sonia Gandhi became Congress president and later led the party through the UPA era.

Congress emerged as the largest party in the UPA coalition and formed the Union government.

Congress won 206 Lok Sabha seats and returned to government with the UPA.

Congress won 44 Lok Sabha seats in the 2014 general election.

Rahul Gandhi became Congress president in December 2017.

Sonia Gandhi resumed the role of interim Congress president.

Mallikarjun Kharge was elected president of the Indian National Congress in October 2022.

Congress won 99 Lok Sabha seats, improving from 52 seats in 2019.