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Congress session in Madras presided by Ananda Mohan Bose

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Congress session in Madras presided by Ananda Mohan Bose
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The fourteenth session of the Indian National Congress met in Madras in December 1898 under Ananda Mohan Bose.

The Indian National Congress held its fourteenth annual session in Madras in December 1898. It was presided over by Ananda Mohan Bose of Bengal, a co-founder of the Indian National Association. It was the third Congress session in the city, after those of 1887 and 1894.

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