Tarun Ram Phukan - Wikipedia Tarun Ram Phukan This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. ( December 2012 ) Tarun Ram Phukan ( Assamese : তৰুণ ৰাম ফুকন ) ( 1877 -- 1939 ) was a prominent leader of Assam. He was popularly known as Deshbhakta. He was educated in Cotton Collegiate School, Guwahati and Presidency College, Calcutta. Later, he moved to the Bar from Inner Temple in London. He educated as a lawyer but also served as lecturer in Earle Law College in Guwahati. He was a prominent member of a political organization then named Assam Association till 1920. Phookan played an important part in forming the Assam Branch of the Indian National Congress in 1921. He was elected its first President. When the Non-Cooperation Movement was started, Phookan took a leading part in it and he toured various parts of Assam carrying the message of Mahatma Gandhi. In connection with the Non-Cooperation Movement, he was sentenced to one year 's rigorous imprisonment in 1921. Phookan became the Chairman of the Reception Committee, Pandu Session of the Indian National Congress in 1926. He also served as Chairman of the Municipal Board and Local Board of Guwahati and undertook several programmes for the upliftment of the under - privileged sections of society. He established a Leper Asylum in Guwahati. He was a great orator and also a prominent writer. He served as the President of the Asam Sahitya Sabha, a premier literary organisation in Assam at its Goalpara Session in 1927. He also served as President of the Assam Chhatra Sammelan in 1928. He also bought the first bicycle and the first motor car in Guwahati. In 1921, Assam Provincial Congress Committee was formed with its headquarters at Guwahati and Kuladhar Chaliha as its president. Phookan became the president. The reconstituted APCC elected Phookan, Gopinath Bordoloi, Bimala Prasad Chaliha, Chandranath Sarmah, Krishna Nath Sarmah and Kanak Chandra Sarmah as the members of the AICC. This new committee initiated and invited Mahatma Gandhi to Assam in 1921 to propagate the message of non-co - operation amongst the masses. Mahatma Gandhi 's visit gave tremendous impetus to the congress workers to carry out the non-cooperation movement and implement the principles of Swadeshi. All India Congress Committee session was hosted by the APCC in 1926, at Pandu, Guwahati which was presided over by S. Srinivasa Iyengar and national leaders like Motilal Nehru, Sardar Ballav Bhai Patel, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Madan Mohan Malaviya, Muhammad Ali, Shaukat Ali, Sarojini Naidu, S. Satyamurti, Abul Kalam Azad, etc. attended the session. External links Deshbhakta Tarun Ram Phukan Indoor Hall, Guwahati References Assam Pradesh Congress Committee Freedom Fighters of Dhakuakhana Sub-Division Among the luminaries in Assam Krishna Nath Sarmah Jump up ^ `` Guwahati : A city shaped by time, and the Brahmaputra ''. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tarun_Ram_Phukan&oldid=834001063 '' Categories : 1877 births 1939 deaths People from Kamrup Metropolitan district Assamese politicians Indian National Congress politicians from Assam Indian independence activists from Assam Politicians from Guwahati Assam politicians 19th - century Indian politicians 20th - century Indian politicians Hidden categories : Use Indian English from June 2016 All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English Use dmy dates from June 2016 Articles lacking in - text citations from December 2012 All articles lacking in - text citations Articles containing Assamese - language text Talk About Wikipedia অসমীয়া Edit links This page was last edited on 3 April 2018, at 12 : 21. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: where was the first session of the assam association held in1905
Answer: Guwahati