| 1885 | W.C. Bannerjee | Bombay | ||
| 1886 | Dadabhai Naroji | Calcutta | ||
| 1887 | Badruddin Tyabji | Madras | ||
| 1888 | George Yule | Allahabad | ||
| 1889 | William Weederburn | Bombay | ||
| 1905 | G.K. Gokhale | Banaras – Issues like welcoming the prince of wales led to feud | ||
| 1906 | Dadabhai Naoroji | Calcutta – Approval of issues of swadesi & national education. | ||
| Dadabhai Naoroji was chosen as compromise president. He | ||||
| declared swaraj as the objective. | ||||
| 1907 | Rashbihari Bose | Surat – split | ||
| 1912 | R.N. Madholkar | Bankipur. Shortest session as the efforts to make Aga Khan | ||
| preside over proved futile. | ||||
| 1916 | Ambika Charan | Lucknow. | ||
| Mazumdar | ||||
| 1920 | Calcuttta. Approval of Non cooperation Movement | |||
| 1921 | Ahmedabad – intensify Non Copperation Movement. | |||
| 1924 | Mahatma Gandhi | Belgaun | ||
| 1928 | Motilal Nehru | Calcutta. Adopted the Nehru Report – Constitution. | ||
| 1929 | Jawahar Nehru | Lahore. The resolution demanding complete independence was | ||
| passed on the banks of river Ravi. | ||||
| 1930 | No session but Independence Day Pledge adopted on 26th January | |||
| 1938 | S.C. Bose | Haripura. | ||
| 1939 | S.C. Bose | Tripuri. Formed ‘Forward Bloc’. | ||