President of Indian National Congress
History of India
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| | 1898 | Banerjea, Surendranath | |
| Bombay Appointed Congress President, 1st term |
| 1904 | Banerjea, Surendranath | |
| Bombay Appointed Congress President, 2nd term |
| 1929 | Nehru, Jawaharlal | |
| Appointed President of the INC |
| 1964 | Shastri, Lal Bahadur | |
| After Nehru's death in 1964, the party's future comes into question, no leader is competitive enough to touch Nehru's iconic status, so the second-stage leadership mustered around the compromise candidate, Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| 1966 | Gandhi, Indira Nehru | |
| A broad Congress Party election opts for Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, over the right-wing, conservative Morarji Desai |
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