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  1. Calcutta
  2. Allahabad
  3. Madras
  4. Bombay
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Option 2 : Allahabad

The correct answer is Allahabad.

  • George Yule became the President of INC in 1888 in the fourth session held at Allahabad.
  • He was the first non - Indian to be the President of INC.
  • He belonged to the business community. He was the chief of the well-known Andrew Yule and Co. in Calcutta.
  • He had also been Sheriff of Calcutta and President of the Indian Chamber of Commerce.
  • Yule was widely known in Indian circles for his breadth of outlook, liberal views, and marked sympathy for Indian aspirations.
  • Surendranath Banerjee described him as "a hard-headed Scotsman who saw straight into the heart of things, and never hesitated to express himself with the bluntness in which a Scotsman never fails if he wants to show it."​

  • Important sessions of congress.
  • First Session: 
    • Held at Bombay in 1885. President: W.C. Bannerjee.
    • Formation of Indian National Congress.
  • Second Session:
    • ​Held at Calcutta in 1886. President: Dadabhai Naoroji.
  • Third Session: 
    • Held at Madras in 1887. 
    • President: Syed Badruddin Tyabji, the first Muslim President.
  • Fourth Session: 
    • Held at Allahabad in 1888.
    • President: George Yule, first English President.
  • 1896: Calcutta Session.
    • ​President: Rahimtullah Sayani.
    • National Song ‘Vande Mataram’ was sung for the first time by Rabindranath Tagore.
  • 1905: Benaras.
    • President: Gopal Krishan Gokhale.
    • The formal proclamation of the Swadeshi movement against the government.
  • 1906: Calcutta.
    • President: Dadabhai Naoroji.
    • Adopted four resolutions: Swaraj (Self Government), Boycott Movement, Swadeshi & National Education.
  • 1907: Surat.
    • ​President: Rash Bihari Ghosh.
    • Split in Congress- Moderates & Extremist.
  • 1916: Lucknow.
    • President: A.C. Majumdar.
    • Unity between two factions-Moderates and Extremists of Congress.
    • Lucknow Pact was signed between Congress and Muslim League to build political consensus.
  • 1917: Calcutta.
    • President: Annie Besant, First Woman President of Congress.
  • 1924: Belgaum. 
    • President: M.K. Gandhi.
    • Only Session was presided over by Mahatma Gandhi.
  • 1925: Kanpur. 
    • President: Sarojini Naidu, First Indian Woman President.
  • 1938: Haripura. 
    • President: Subhas Chandra Bose.
    • National Planning Committee set up under Jawahar Lal Nehru.
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