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</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">1st & 8th <a href="List_of_presidents_of_the_Indian_National_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="List of presidents of the Indian National Congress">President of Indian National Congress</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>1885–1886</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>post established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Dadabhai_Naoroji" title="Dadabhai Naoroji">Dadabhai Naoroji</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br>1892–1893</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Anandacharlu" class="mw-redirect" title="Anandacharlu">Anandacharlu</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Dadabhai_Naoroji" title="Dadabhai Naoroji">Dadabhai Naoroji</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2">

</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1844-12-29</span>)</span>29 December 1844<br><a href="Calcutta" class="mw-redirect" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a>, <a href="Bengal_Presidency" title="Bengal Presidency">Bengal Presidency</a>, <a href="Company_rule_in_India" title="Company rule in India">British India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">21 July 1906<span style="display:none">(1906-07-21)</span> (aged 61)<br><a href="Croydon" title="Croydon">Croydon</a>, London, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nationality</th><td class="infobox-data">British Indian</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Hemangini Motilal (m. 1859)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Susila_Bonnerjee" title="Susila Bonnerjee">Susila Bonnerjee</a> (daughter)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Middle_Temple" title="Middle Temple">Middle Temple</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="Indian_independence_activist" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian independence activist">Indian independence activist</a> <a href="Lawyer" title="Lawyer">Lawyer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Known for</th><td class="infobox-data">Co-founder and First president of <a href="Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>

<p><b>Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee</b> (or <b>Umesh Chandra Banerjee</b>; 29 December 1844 – 21 July 1906) was an Indian independence activist and barrister who practiced in England. He was a secretary of the <a href="London_Indian_Society" title="London Indian Society">London Indian Society</a> founded by <a href="Dadabhai_Naoroji" title="Dadabhai Naoroji">Dadabhai Naoroji</a> in 1865. He was one of the founders and the first president of <a href="Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> in 1885 at Bombay, serving again as president in 1892 at Allahabad.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Bonnerjee financed the British Committee of Congress and its journals in London. Along with Naoroji, <a href="Eardley_Norton" title="Eardley Norton">Eardley Norton</a> and <a href="William_Digby_(writer)" title="William Digby (writer)">William Digby</a> he started the Congress Political Agency, a branch of Congress in London. He unsuccessfully contested the <a href="1892_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1892 United Kingdom general election">1892 United Kingdom general election</a> as a Liberal party candidate for the <a href="Barrow_and_Furness_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)">Barrow and Furness</a> seat. In 1893, Naoroji, Bonnerjee and <a href="Badruddin_Tyabji" title="Badruddin Tyabji">Badruddin Tyabji</a> founded the Indian Parliamentary Committee in England.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Family">Family</h2></div>

<p>Bonnerjee was born on 29 December 1844 at <a href="Calcutta" class="mw-redirect" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a> (now <a href="Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a>), in the present-day state of <a href="West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bio_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He belonged to a very respectable <i><a href="Bengali_Brahmins" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali Brahmins">Rarhi</a></i> <a href="Kulin_Brahmin" class="mw-redirect" title="Kulin Brahmin">Kulin Brahmin</a> family who hailed from Baganda, located west of the town of <a href="Howrah" title="Howrah">Howrah</a> in present-day state of <a href="West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>. His grandfather <i>Pitambur Bonnerjee</i> first migrated to <a href="Calcutta" class="mw-redirect" title="Calcutta">Calcutta</a> (now <a href="Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a>) and settled there. From his mother's side, <i>Womesh Chandra</i> was descended from the renowned Sanskrit scholar and philosopher Pundit <i><a href="Jagannath_Tarka_Panchanan" title="Jagannath Tarka Panchanan">Juggonath Turkopunchanun</a></i> of <a href="Tribeni%2C_Hooghly" title="Tribeni, Hooghly">Tribeni</a>, <a href="Hooghly_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Hooghly District">Hooghly District</a> in present-day <a href="West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_days">Early days</h2></div>

<p>Bonnerjee studied at the <a href="Oriental_Seminary" title="Oriental Seminary">Oriental Seminary</a> and the <a href="Hindu_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu School">Hindu School</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bio_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1859, he married Hemangini Motilal. His career began in 1862 when he joined the firm of W. P. Gillanders, <a href="Lawyer" title="Lawyer">attorneys</a> of the <a href="Calcutta_High_Court" title="Calcutta High Court">Calcutta Supreme Court</a>, as a clerk. In this post he acquired a good knowledge of law which greatly helped him in his later career. In 1864 he was sent to <a href="England" title="England">England</a> through a scholarship from Mr. R. J. Jijibhai of <a href="Bombay" class="mw-redirect" title="Bombay">Bombay</a><sup id="cite_ref-Bio_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he joined the <a href="Middle_Temple" title="Middle Temple">Middle Temple</a> and was <a href="Call_to_the_bar" title="Call to the bar">called to the Bar</a> in June 1867.<sup id="cite_ref-Mahmud1994_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mahmud1994-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On his return to Calcutta in 1868, he found a patron in Sir Charles Paul, <a href="Barrister-at-Law" class="mw-redirect" title="Barrister-at-Law">Barrister-at-Law</a> of the <a href="Calcutta_High_Court" title="Calcutta High Court">Calcutta High Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Bio_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another barrister, J. P. Kennedy, also greatly helped him to establish his reputation as a lawyer. Within a few years he became the most sought after barrister in the High Court. He was the first Indian to act as a Standing Counsel, in which capacity he officiated four times — 1882, 1884, 1886-87. In 1883 he defended <a href="Surendranath_Banerjee" title="Surendranath Banerjee">Surendranath Banerjee</a> in the famous <a href="Contempt_of_court" title="Contempt of court">contempt of court</a> case against him in the Calcutta High Court. He was the fellow of <a href="Calcutta_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Calcutta University">Calcutta University</a> and was the president of its law faculty<sup id="cite_ref-Bio_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and often represented it in the legislative council.<sup id="cite_ref-Mahmud1994_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mahmud1994-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He retired from the Calcutta bar in 1901.<sup id="cite_ref-Bio_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bio-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="As_a_president_of_Indian_National_Congress">As a president of Indian National Congress</h2></div>

<p>He presided over the first session of the <a href="Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> held at Bombay in 1885<sup id="cite_ref-Mahmud1994_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mahmud1994-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from 28 to 31 December and attended by 72 members.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1886 session held at Calcutta, under the presidency of <a href="Dadabhai_Naoroji" title="Dadabhai Naoroji">Dadabhai Naoroji</a>, he proposed the formation of <a href="Standing_committees" class="mw-redirect" title="Standing committees">standing committees</a> of the Congress in each province for the better co-ordination of its work and it was on this occasion that he advocated that the Congress should confine its activities to political matters only, leaving the question of social reforms to other organizations. He was the president of the <a href="Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> again in the 1892 session in <a href="Allahabad" class="mw-redirect" title="Allahabad">Allahabad</a><sup id="cite_ref-Mahmud1994_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mahmud1994-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he denounced the position that India had to prove for worthiness of political freedom.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He moved to Britain and practiced before the Privy Council.<sup id="cite_ref-Mahmud1994_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mahmud1994-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He financed the British Committee of Congress and its journals in London.<sup id="cite_ref-Mahmud1994_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mahmud1994-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

In 1865 <a href="Dadabhai_Naoroji" title="Dadabhai Naoroji">Dadabhai Naoroji</a> founded the London Indian society and Bonnerjee was made its general secretary. In December 1866, Naoroji dissolved the society and formed East Indian Association.<sup id="cite_ref-Ahmed_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ahmed-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Bonnerjee became the Congress president Naoroji along with him, Eardley Norton and William Digby opened The Congress Political Agency, a branch of Congress in London.<sup id="cite_ref-Ahmed_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ahmed-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He lived in Croydon and named his residence after his birthplace Khidirpur.<sup id="cite_ref-Ahmed_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ahmed-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Liberal party made him his candidate for the <a href="Barrow_and_Furness_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Barrow and Furness (UK Parliament constituency)">Barrow and Furness</a> seat in <a href="1892_United_Kingdom_general_election" title="1892 United Kingdom general election">1892</a>. Bonnerjee was defeated by Charles Cayzer, a Tory candidate. In the same elections Naoroji won the Finsbury Central constituency and defeated his nearest rival by a narrow margin of only 5 votes. Naoroji became the first Indian member of the British Parliament. In 1893, Naoriji, Bonnerjee and <a href="Badruddin_Tyabji" title="Badruddin Tyabji">Badruddin Tyabji</a> founded the Indian Parliamentary Committee in England.<sup id="cite_ref-Ahmed_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ahmed-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2></div>

<p>A daughter, Janaki Agnes Penelope Majumdar, studied natural science, chemistry, zoology and physiology at <a href="Newnham_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Newnham College">Newnham College</a>, <a href="Cambridge_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge University">Cambridge University</a><sup id="cite_ref-Nasta2012_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nasta2012-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while another daughter, <a href="Susila_Anita_Bonnerjee" class="mw-redirect" title="Susila Anita Bonnerjee">Susila Anita Bonnerjee</a> was a doctor, teacher, and suffragette.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Bonnerjee died at his Croydon home 'Kidderpore', 8 Bedford Park, on 21 July 1906.<sup id="cite_ref-Bonnerjee_TOU_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bonnerjee_TOU-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His estate, assessed for probate on 17 August at £8,884 15s. 4d. (equivalent to £1,207,121 in 2023<sup id="cite_ref-inflation-UK_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inflation-UK-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>),<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was left to his widow, who subsequently returned to India, surviving him by four years.<sup id="cite_ref-Bonnerjee_TOU_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bonnerjee_TOU-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040321072333/http://www.congress.org.in/">Indian National Congress Website</a></li>

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<li><a href="Congress_Core_Committee" title="Congress Core Committee">Congress Core Committee</a></li>

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<li><a href="Gujarat_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee">Gujarat PCC</a></li>

<li><a href="Haryana_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="Haryana Pradesh Congress Committee">Haryana PCC</a></li>

<li><a href="Himachal_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee">Himachal PCC</a></li>

<li><a href="Jharkhand_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="Jharkhand Pradesh Congress Committee">Jharkhand PCC</a></li>

<li><a href="Karnataka_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee">Karnataka PCC</a></li>

<li><a href="Kerala_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee">Kerala PCC</a></li>

<li><a href="Madhya_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee">Madhya Pradesh CC</a></li>

<li><a href="Maharashtra_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee">Maharashtra PCC</a></li>

<li><a href="Manipur_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="Manipur Pradesh Congress Committee">Manipur PCC</a></li>

<li><a href="Meghalaya_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="Meghalaya Pradesh Congress Committee">Meghalaya PCC</a></li>

<li><a href="Mizoram_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee">Mizoram PCC</a></li>

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<li><a href="Rajasthan_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee">Rajasthan PCC</a></li>

<li><a href="Sikkim_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="Sikkim Pradesh Congress Committee">Sikkim PCC</a></li>

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<li><a href="Tripura_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee">Tripura PCC</a></li>

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<li><a href="Jammu_and_Kashmir_Pradesh_Congress_Committee" title="Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee">Jammu and Kashmir PCC</a></li>

<li>Ladakh TCC</li>

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<li><a href="Dadabhai_Naoroji" title="Dadabhai Naoroji">Dadabhai Naoroji</a></li>

<li><a href="Badruddin_Tyabji" title="Badruddin Tyabji">Badruddin Tyabji</a></li>

<li><a href="George_Yule_(businessman)" title="George Yule (businessman)">George Yule</a></li>

<li><a href="William_Wedderburn" title="William Wedderburn">William Wedderburn</a></li>

<li><a href="Pherozeshah_Mehta" title="Pherozeshah Mehta">Pherozeshah Mehta</a></li>

<li><a href="Anandacharlu" class="mw-redirect" title="Anandacharlu">Anandacharlu</a></li>

<li><a href="Dadabhai_Naoroji" title="Dadabhai Naoroji">Dadabhai Naoroji</a></li>

<li><a href="Alfred_Webb" title="Alfred Webb">Alfred Webb</a></li>

<li><a href="Surendranath_Banerjee" title="Surendranath Banerjee">Surendranath Banerjee</a></li>

<li><a href="Rahimtulla_M._Sayani" title="Rahimtulla M. Sayani">Rahimtulla M. Sayani</a></li>

<li><a href="C._Sankaran_Nair" title="C. Sankaran Nair">C. Sankaran Nair</a></li>

<li><a href="Anandamohan_Bose" title="Anandamohan Bose">Anandamohan Bose</a></li>

<li><a href="Romesh_Chunder_Dutt" title="Romesh Chunder Dutt">Romesh Chunder Dutt</a></li>

<li><a href="N._G._Chandavarkar" title="N. G. Chandavarkar">N. G. Chandavarkar</a></li>

<li><a href="Dinshaw_Edulji_Wacha" title="Dinshaw Edulji Wacha">Dinshaw Edulji Wacha</a></li>

<li><a href="Surendranath_Banerjee" title="Surendranath Banerjee">Surendranath Banerjee</a></li>

<li><a href="Lalmohan_Ghosh" title="Lalmohan Ghosh">Lalmohan Ghosh</a></li>

<li><a href="Henry_Cotton_(civil_servant)" title="Henry Cotton (civil servant)">Henry Cotton</a></li>

<li><a href="Gopal_Krishna_Gokhale" title="Gopal Krishna Gokhale">Gopal Krishna Gokhale</a></li>

<li><a href="Dadabhai_Naoroji" title="Dadabhai Naoroji">Dadabhai Naoroji</a></li>

<li><a href="Rash_Behari_Ghosh" title="Rash Behari Ghosh">Rash Behari Ghosh</a></li>

<li><a href="Madan_Mohan_Malaviya" title="Madan Mohan Malaviya">Madan Mohan Malaviya</a></li>

<li><a href="William_Wedderburn" title="William Wedderburn">William Wedderburn</a></li>

<li><a href="Bishan_Narayan_Dar" title="Bishan Narayan Dar">Bishan Narayan Dar</a></li>

<li><a href="Raghunath_Narasinha_Mudholkar" title="Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar">Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar</a></li>

<li><a href="Nawab_Syed_Muhammad_Bahadur" title="Nawab Syed Muhammad Bahadur">Nawab Syed Muhammad Bahadur</a></li>

<li><a href="Bhupendra_Nath_Bose" title="Bhupendra Nath Bose">Bhupendra Nath Bose</a></li>

<li><a href="Satyendra_Prasanna_Sinha%2C_1st_Baron_Sinha" title="Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha">Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, 1st Baron Sinha</a></li>

<li><a href="Ambica_Charan_Mazumdar" title="Ambica Charan Mazumdar">Ambica Charan Mazumdar</a></li>

<li><a href="Annie_Besant" title="Annie Besant">Annie Besant</a></li>

<li><a href="Madan_Mohan_Malaviya" title="Madan Mohan Malaviya">Madan Mohan Malaviya</a></li>

<li><a href="Syed_Hasan_Imam" title="Syed Hasan Imam">Syed Hasan Imam</a></li>

<li><a href="Motilal_Nehru" title="Motilal Nehru">Motilal Nehru</a></li>

<li><a href="Lala_Lajpat_Rai" title="Lala Lajpat Rai">Lala Lajpat Rai</a></li>

<li><a href="C._Vijayaraghavachariar" title="C. Vijayaraghavachariar">C. Vijayaraghavachariar</a></li>

<li><a href="Hakim_Ajmal_Khan" title="Hakim Ajmal Khan">Hakim Ajmal Khan</a></li>

<li><a href="Chittaranjan_Das" title="Chittaranjan Das">Chittaranjan Das</a></li>

<li><a href="Mohammad_Ali_Jauhar" title="Mohammad Ali Jauhar">Mohammad Ali Jauhar</a></li>

<li><a href="Abul_Kalam_Azad" class="mw-redirect" title="Abul Kalam Azad">Abul Kalam Azad</a></li>

<li><a href="Mahatma_Gandhi" title="Mahatma Gandhi">Mahatma Gandhi</a></li>

<li><a href="Sarojini_Naidu" title="Sarojini Naidu">Sarojini Naidu</a></li>

<li><a href="S._Srinivasa_Iyengar" title="S. Srinivasa Iyengar">S. Srinivasa Iyengar</a></li>

<li><a href="Mukhtar_Ahmed_Ansari" title="Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari">Mukhtar Ahmed Ansari</a></li>

<li><a href="Motilal_Nehru" title="Motilal Nehru">Motilal Nehru</a></li>

<li><a href="Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a></li>

<li><a href="Vallabhbhai_Patel" title="Vallabhbhai Patel">Vallabhbhai Patel</a></li>

<li><a href="Madan_Mohan_Malaviya" title="Madan Mohan Malaviya">Madan Mohan Malaviya</a></li>

<li><a href="Nellie_Sengupta" title="Nellie Sengupta">Nellie Sengupta</a></li>

<li><a href="Rajendra_Prasad" title="Rajendra Prasad">Rajendra Prasad</a></li>

<li><a href="Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a></li>

<li><a href="Subhas_Chandra_Bose" title="Subhas Chandra Bose">Subhas Chandra Bose</a></li>

<li><a href="Abul_Kalam_Azad" class="mw-redirect" title="Abul Kalam Azad">Abul Kalam Azad</a></li>

<li><a href="J._B._Kripalani" title="J. B. Kripalani">J. B. Kripalani</a></li>

<li><a href="Bhogaraju_Pattabhi_Sitaramayya" title="Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya">Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya</a></li>

<li><a href="Purushottam_Das_Tandon" title="Purushottam Das Tandon">Purushottam Das Tandon</a></li>

<li><a href="Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a></li>

<li><a href="U._N._Dhebar" title="U. N. Dhebar">U. N. Dhebar</a></li>

<li><a href="Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></li>

<li><a href="Neelam_Sanjiva_Reddy" title="Neelam Sanjiva Reddy">Neelam Sanjiva Reddy</a></li>

<li><a href="K._Kamaraj" title="K. Kamaraj">K. Kamaraj</a></li>

<li><a href="S._Nijalingappa" title="S. Nijalingappa">S. Nijalingappa</a></li>

<li><a href="Jagjivan_Ram" title="Jagjivan Ram">Jagjivan Ram</a></li>

<li><a href="Shankar_Dayal_Sharma" title="Shankar Dayal Sharma">Shankar Dayal Sharma</a></li>

<li><a href="D._K._Barooah" title="D. K. Barooah">D. K. Barooah</a></li>

<li><a href="Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></li>

<li><a href="Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a></li>

<li><a href="P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a></li>

<li><a href="Sitaram_Kesri" title="Sitaram Kesri">Sitaram Kesri</a></li>

<li><a href="Sonia_Gandhi" title="Sonia Gandhi">Sonia Gandhi</a></li>

<li><a href="Rahul_Gandhi" title="Rahul Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a></li>

<li><a href="Mallikarjun_Kharge" title="Mallikarjun Kharge">Mallikarjun Kharge</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Presidential elections</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National vice presidents</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Kamalapati_Tripathi" title="Kamalapati Tripathi">Kamalapati Tripathi</a></li>

<li><a href="Arjun_Singh_(Congress_politician)" title="Arjun Singh (Congress politician)">Arjun Singh</a></li>

<li><a href="Jitendra_Prasada" title="Jitendra Prasada">Jitendra Prasada</a></li>

<li><a href="Rahul_Gandhi" title="Rahul Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_prime_ministers_of_India" title="List of prime ministers of India">Prime ministers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a></li>

<li><a href="Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a></li>

<li><a href="Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></li>

<li><a href="Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a></li>

<li><a href="P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a></li>

<li><a href="Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Deputy Prime Minister of India">Deputy prime ministers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Vallabhbhai_Patel" title="Vallabhbhai Patel">Vallabhbhai Patel</a></li>

<li><a href="Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Leaders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lok Sabha</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a></li>

<li><a href="Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a></li>

<li><a href="Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a></li>

<li><a href="Satya_Narayan_Sinha" title="Satya Narayan Sinha">Satya Narayan</a></li>

<li><a href="Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></li>

<li><a href="Yashwantrao_Chavan" title="Yashwantrao Chavan">Yashwantrao Chavan</a></li>

<li><a href="C._M._Stephen" title="C. M. Stephen">Chembakassery Mathai Stephen</a></li>

<li><a href="Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a></li>

<li><a href="Arjun_Singh_(Madhya_Pradesh_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arjun Singh (Madhya Pradesh politician)">Arjun Singh</a></li>

<li><a href="P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a></li>

<li><a href="Sharad_Pawar" title="Sharad Pawar">Sharad Pawar</a></li>

<li><a href="Sonia_Gandhi" title="Sonia Gandhi">Sonia Gandhi</a></li>

<li><a href="Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a></li>

<li><a href="Sushilkumar_Shinde" title="Sushilkumar Shinde">Sushilkumar Shinde</a></li>

<li><a href="Mallikarjun_Kharge" title="Mallikarjun Kharge">Mallikarjun Kharge</a></li>

<li><a href="Adhir_Ranjan_Chowdhury" title="Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury">Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury</a></li>

<li><a href="Ravneet_Singh_Bittu" title="Ravneet Singh Bittu">Ravneet Singh Bittu</a></li>

<li><a href="Rahul_Gandhi" title="Rahul Gandhi">Rahul Gandhi</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rajya Sabha</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="N._Gopalaswamy_Ayyangar" class="mw-redirect" title="N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar">N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar</a></li>

<li><a href="Charu_Chandra_Biswas" title="Charu Chandra Biswas">Charu Chandra</a></li>

<li><a href="Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a></li>

<li><a href="Govind_Ballabh_Pant" title="Govind Ballabh Pant">Govind Ballabh</a></li>

<li><a href="Hafiz_Mohamad_Ibrahim" title="Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim">Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim</a></li>

<li><a href="Yashwantrao_Chavan" title="Yashwantrao Chavan">Yashwantrao Chavan</a></li>

<li><a href="Jaisukhlal_Hathi" title="Jaisukhlal Hathi">Jaisukhlal Hathi</a></li>

<li><a href="M._C._Chagla" title="M. C. Chagla">M. C. Chagla</a></li>

<li><a href="Jaisukhlal_Hathi" title="Jaisukhlal Hathi">Jaisukhlal Hathi</a></li>

<li><a href="Kodardas_Kalidas_Shah" title="Kodardas Kalidas Shah">Kodardas Kalidas Shah</a></li>

<li><a href="Uma_Shankar_Dikshit" title="Uma Shankar Dikshit">Uma Shankar Dikshit</a></li>

<li><a href="Kamalapati_Tripathi" title="Kamalapati Tripathi">Kamalapati Tripathi</a></li>

<li><a href="Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a></li>

<li><a href="Vishwanath_Pratap_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="Vishwanath Pratap Singh">V.P. Singh</a></li>

<li><a href="Narayan_Dutt_Tiwari" class="mw-redirect" title="Narayan Dutt Tiwari">Narayan Dutt Tiwari</a></li>

<li><a href="P._Shiv_Shankar" title="P. Shiv Shankar">P. Shiv Shankar</a></li>

<li><a href="Shankarrao_Chavan" title="Shankarrao Chavan">Shankarrao Chavan</a></li>

<li><a href="Motilal_Vora" title="Motilal Vora">Motilal Vora</a></li>

<li><a href="Ahmed_Patel" title="Ahmed Patel">Ahmed Patel</a></li>

<li><a href="Anand_Sharma" title="Anand Sharma">Anand Sharma</a></li>

<li><a href="Jairam_Ramesh" title="Jairam Ramesh">Jairam Ramesh</a></li>

<li><a href="A._K._Antony" title="A. K. Antony">A. K. Antony</a></li>

<li><a href="Digvijaya_Singh" title="Digvijaya Singh">Digvijaya Singh</a></li>

<li><a href="P._Chidambaram" title="P. Chidambaram">P. Chidambaram</a></li>

<li><a href="Abhishek_Singhvi" title="Abhishek Singhvi">Abhishek Singhvi</a></li>

<li><a href="Rajeev_Shukla" title="Rajeev Shukla">Rajeev Shukla</a></li>

<li><a href="Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></li>

<li><a href="Ghulam_Nabi_Azad" title="Ghulam Nabi Azad">Ghulam Nabi Azad</a></li>

<li><a href="Mallikarjun_Kharge" title="Mallikarjun Kharge">Mallikarjun Kharge</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Frontal wings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="All_India_Mahila_Congress" title="All India Mahila Congress">All India Mahila Congress</a></li>

<li><a href="All_India_Professionals_Congress" title="All India Professionals Congress">All India Professionals Congress</a></li>

<li><a href="Indian_National_Trade_Union_Congress" title="Indian National Trade Union Congress">Indian National Trade Union Congress</a></li>

<li><a href="Indian_Youth_Congress" title="Indian Youth Congress">Indian Youth Congress</a></li>

<li><a href="Kisan_and_Khet_Mazdoor_Congress" title="Kisan and Khet Mazdoor Congress">Kisan and Khet Mazdoor Congress</a></li>

<li><a href="National_Students'_Union_of_India" title="National Students' Union of India">National Students' Union of India</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_chief_ministers_from_the_Indian_National_Congress" title="List of chief ministers from the Indian National Congress">Chief ministers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Current50" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_current_Indian_chief_ministers" title="List of current Indian chief ministers">Current</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Revanth_Reddy" title="Revanth Reddy">Revanth Reddy</a></li>

<li><a href="Siddaramaiah" title="Siddaramaiah">Siddaramaiah</a></li>

<li><a href="Sukhvinder_Singh_Sukhu" title="Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu">Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu</a></li>

<li><a href="Revanth_Reddy" title="Revanth Reddy">Revanth Reddy</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Deputy chief ministers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Current57" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="List_of_current_Indian_deputy_chief_ministers" title="List of current Indian deputy chief ministers">Current</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Mukesh_Agnihotri" title="Mukesh Agnihotri">Mukesh Agnihotri</a></li>

<li><a href="D._K._Shivakumar" title="D. K. Shivakumar">D. K. Shivakumar</a></li>

<li><a href="Mallu_Bhatti_Vikramarka" title="Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka">Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka</a></li></ul>

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