womesh chandra bonnerjee presided the first session of indian national congress.
womesh chandra bonnerjee presided the first session of indian national congress.
who presided the first session of indian national congress?
womesh chandra bonnerjee
he was associated with the indian national congress since its inception and he was one of the two indian muslims who attended its first session of inc held at bombay in 1885, where "womesh chandra bonnerjee" was elected as the first president of congress.









































rahimtullah m sayani was the "second muslim" to become the "president of indian national congress".(first was badruddin tayyab ji)









































in the year 1896 he presided over the 12th annual session of the congress held at calcutta where he was elected as the "president of congress" and became the second muslim to achieve such position.
rahimtulla m. sayani
important public personalities of the presidency, like rangaiah naidu, s. subramania iyer, and g. subramania iyer, attended the first session of the indian national congress. however, some prominent personalities like eardley norton, salem ramaswami mudaliar, c. jambulingam mudaliar, t. madhava rao and r. raghunatha rao did not participate in the first session. nevertheless, the indian national congress, with its ideals actively propagated by members of the theosophical society grew by leaps and bounds, that the 1887 session of the congress held in madras city and presided over by madhava rao was a tremendous success. the visiting dignitaries were welcomed by lord connemara, the then governor of madras. in 1889, eardley norton and salem ramaswami mudaliar led an indian delegation to the united kingdom to set up a uk chapter of the indian national congress.
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