Explanation:

Introduction

• The Indian National Congress was founded at Bombay in December 1885.
• The early leadership – Dadabhai Naoroji, Pherozeshah Mehta, Badruddin Tyabji, W.C. Bonnerji, Surendranath Banerji, Romesh Chandra Dutt, S. Subramania Iyer, among others – was largely from Bombay and Calcutta.
• A retired British official, A.O. Hume, also played a part in bringing Indians from the various regions together.
• Formation of Indian National Congress was an effort in the direction of promoting the process of nation building.
• In an effort to reach all regions, it was decided to rotate the Congress session among different parts of the country.
• The President belonged to a region other than where the Congress session was being held.

Sessions

• 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, first muslim President.
• Fourth Session: held at Allahabad in 1888. President: George Yule, first English President.
• 1896: Calcutta. President: Rahimtullah Sayani
• National Song ‘Vande Mataram’ sung for the first time by Rabindranath Tagore.
• 1899: Lucknow. President: Romesh Chandra Dutt.
• Demand for permanent fixation of Land revenue