Archives of Indian National Congress

First Online: April 13, 2003
Page Last Updated: September 03, 2026

Table of Contents

• The Indian National Congress
• Presidents of Indian National Congress

Gandhi with Congress Leaders
	Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray (1861-1944) Sir P.C. Ray was a great apostle of home-rule (Swadeshi)
Alan Octavian Hume Founder of Indian National Congress
	Anjali Ammal Born in a poor weaver's family, Ammal joined Ganhi's call for Satyagraha and served prison sentence. Social worker and reformer, later she served Madras assembly.
Annie Besant Altough of European by birth, Besant inspired many Indians to fight for freedom, and even served as the president of Indian National Congress
	Anugrah Narayan Sinha Sinha was an eminent Congressman from Bihar
B. Pattabhi Sitaramiah (1880 - 1959) Photograph by Vanguard for 1938 Congress Commemorative Volume
	Babu Purushottamdas Tandon Tandon sevred as the speaker of United Province during Congress rule
Balaji Bhawansa Walvekar (a.k.a Baboorao) Walvekar was a Congress leader from Maharashtra
	Bhagwan Das (1869-1958) A myriad minded genius and a Gandhian, Dr. Das was a prominent congressman from Uttara Pradesh. A brilliant scholar, he served as the Chancellor of Kashi Vidyapeeth.
Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882 - 1962) Dr. Roy was a respected physiciam and an eminent Congressman from Bengal during the Freedom Struggle. He served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal after freedom.
	Biswanath Das Congress member Biswanath Das from Orissa participated in many non-violent freedom struggles
C. Rajagopalachari (1878 - 1972) Well known as Rajaji, Rajagopalachari was close friend of Gandhi, and served several terms in prison for his political activities. Later (1959) he founded the Freedom Party
	Congressman Balakrishna Sharma (1897-1960) Picture of poet, philosopher and a leader Balakrishna Sharma
Da. Pa. Karamarakar Freedom fighter and leader of Karnataka
	Dadabhai Navroji (1825-1917) Navroji was an important pillar of Indian nationalistic movement and served as president of Indian National Congress during 1886, 1893, and 1906.
Deshabandhu Chittaranjan Das
	Deshbandhu Chitta Ranjan Das (1870-1925) Freedom fighter of India and President of Gaya Convention (1922) of Indian National Congress
Gandhian Freedom Fighters Pictures of Vaman and Vithal Hodike, Town of Sirsi
	George Yule President of Indian National Congress during 1888 Allahabad Convetion
Henry Cotton (1845-1915) President of 1904 Congress Convention
	Indira Nehru A 1938 Photograph shows young Indira
Kadengodlu Shankar Bhat
	Khan Mohammad Abbas Khan A liberal reformer, Khan Mohammad Abbas Khan belonged to the democratic party, which formed a coalition with congress and served as the interim mister for industries.
Lohia at Congress Convention August 8, 1942
	March of Satyagrahis in Goa Press clipping of protestors marching for Goa's freedom
Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad President of Special Convention of 1923 (Delhi) Indian National Congress
	N.G. Chandavarkar (1855-1923) President of Indian National Congress, 1900 Lahore Convention
Narottam Morarji Portrait of Norattam Morarji, an pro-congress industrialist and a freedom fighter
	Nawasb Syed Muhammad Bahadur President of Congress Convention of Karachi in 1913
Pandit Motilal Nehru Nehru served as the President of Indian National Congress during 1919 (Amritsar) and 1928 (Calcutta) Conventions
	Picture of Kamala Nehru
Portrait of Jamnalal Bajaj Bajajji was fervent follower of Gandhi and played an important role in industrialization of India after independence.
	Portrait of Indira Gandhi Detail from a Indian Postal Stamp
President's Message for Haripura Congress Convention Handwritten message by Subhas Chandra Bose to the delegates of the 1938 session of the Indian National Congress
	Rao Bahadur Mudholkar President of Indian National Congress during Bankipore (1912) Convention
Salt March to Break the Law A photograph from Ankola showing the non-violent civil disobedience movement
	Sardar Vallabhai Patel President of Indian National Congress, 1931 Karachi Convetion
Satyagrahis squatting on the beach to break law
	Soldiers of Non-violence Marching to Break Law The Salt Movement, 1930
Subhash Chandra Bose Making a Radio Broadcast Picture Courtesy: All India Radio, Bangalore
	Swadeshi Memorabilia Woman weaves cloth under Gandhi's bust From a picture postcard from 1940s
V. I. Muniswamy Pillai Pillai was elected to Madras assembly on a Congress ticket, and served as the Minister for Agriculture

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See Also:

• Charity Personified -- Biography of eminent congressman Karnad Sadashiva Rao (1881-1936)
• Tryst with Destiny -- The story of India's struggle for freedom remains as a guiding light for resolving the various conflicts around the globe
• Multimedia Mahatma -- Memorabilia, biography, excerpts from autobiography, photo archive and links; includes an interactive Ask Gandhi section
• Research Bibliography on "Congress"
• Freedom Fighters of Karnataka -- In fighting for freedom of India, these leaders in fact fought for unification of Karnataka.