Question

In which session of the Indian National Congress was the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ sung for the first time?
1. Kolkata, 1896
2. Mumbai, 1889 
3. Lahore, 1909
4. Varanasi, 1905

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Kolkata, 1896

The correct answer is Kolkata, 1896.

• 'Vande Mataram' song was sung for the first time at the Indian National Congress session at Kolkata in 1896.
• The president of the Kolkata session was Rahmatullah M. Sayani.
• Vande Mataram song:
  • The song was Sung by Rabindranath Tagore.
  • The song was written by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee in 1874.
  • The song was published in the Bengali novel Anandamath in 1882.

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• Indian National Congress(INC):
  • Indian National Congress was founded on 28 December 1885.
  • Father of INC: Allan Octavian Hume
• List of Important Indian National Congress sessions:

Session	President	Importance
Bombay, 1885	W.C Banerjee	The first session of INC.
Madras, 1887	Badruddin Tayabji	First Muslim President of INC.
Allahabad, 1888	George Yule	First English President of INC.
Calcutta, 1896	Rahimtullah M. Sayani	The national song ‘Vande Mataram’ sung for the first time.
Varanasi, 1905	G.K. Gokhale	Introduce the term Swadesi.
Calcutta, 1906	Dadabhai Naoroji	Introduce the term Swaraj.
Surat, 1907	Rash Behari Ghosh	Party splits into extremists and moderates.
Lahore, 1909	Madan Mohan Malaviya	Indian Councils Act, 1909
Calcutta, 1911	Bishan Narayan Dar	National Anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana’ sung for the first time.
Lucknow, 1916	Ambica Charan Mazumdar	Merger/Reunion of Congress and Lucknow pact – joint session with the Muslim league.
Calcutta, 1917	Annie Besant	First Woman President of the INC.
Belgaum, 1924	M K Gandhi	The only session where Gandhi Ji was the President of INC.
Kanpur, 1925	Sarojini Naidu	First Indian Woman President of INC.
Lahore, 1929	Jawaharlal Nehru	The resolution for Poorna Swaraj was passed.
Haripura, 1938	Subhas Chandra Bose	Subhas Chandra Bose became president for the first time.
Meerut, 1946	J.B. Kripalani	Last session before the independence of India.