its pro-nationalist agenda, much to the dismay of the British Raj. Conferences and office bearers First conference held at Lucknow President:Swami Sahajanand Saraswati General secretary:N.G.Ranga Second conference held at Faijpur on 25,26 December 1936 President: N.G.Ranga Third conference held at Comilla now in Bangladesh on 11–14 May 1938 President:Swami Sahajanand Saraswati Fourth conference held at Gaya, Bihar on 6–10 April 1939 President: Acharya Narendra Deo. Swagtadhyaksh: Pandit Yadunandan Sharma Fifth conference held at Palasa Andhra Pradesh on 26–27 March 1940 in presidency of Baba Sohanasing Bhakhna. Pandit Rahul Sanskrityan was set as president but he was arrested before conference so Sohansing Bhakhna elected as president. Sixth conference held in Patna on 29-30-31 May 1942. President: Indulal Yagnik Seventh conference held at Bhakhna, Punjab on 1–4 April 1943. President: Bankim Mukherjee. Eighth conference held at Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh on 14–15 March 1944 President: Sahajanand Saraswati Ninth conference held at Netrakona now in Bangladesh on 7–9 April 1945 President: Muzaffar Ahmed Tenth conference held at Secunderabad Aligarh on 22–26 May 1947 President: Karyanand Sharma. Eleventh conference held at Kananoor Kerala on 22–23 April 1953 President: Indulal Yagnik General secretary: N. Prasad Rao. Twelfth conference held at Moga Punjab on 13–19 September 1954 President: Indulal Yagnik General secretary:N.Prasad Rao Thirteenth conference held at Talasari, Dahanu-Maharashtra on 17–22 May 1955 President: Com.Nana Patil General se: N. Prasad Rao. Fourteenth conference held at Amritsar 28–30 September 1956 President: A.K.Gopalan. Fifteenth conference held at Bangaon West Bengal on 28 October to 3 November 1957. Sixteenth conference held at Mayuram District Tanjaur Tamil Nadu. Seventeenth conference held at Gazipur on 17–19 May 1960. President:A.K.Gopalan General secretary: Bhavani Sen. Eighteenth conference held at Thrisoor on 30 March to 2 April 1961 President:A.K.Gopalan. General Secretary: Kavitet Sing Layalpuri. Nineteenth conference held at Amravati on 10–12 January 1968 President: Com.Teja Sinh Swatantra General Secretary: Z.A. Ahmed. Twentieth conference held at Barasat, West Bengal on 1–5 April 1970 President: Teja Sinh General Secretary: Z.A.Ahmed Twenty-first conference held at Bhatinda on 19–23 September 1973. Twenty second conference held at Vijayawada Andhra Pradesh on 7–10 June 1979 President: Z.A.Ahmed General Secretary: Indradeep Sinha Twenty third conference held at Barabanki Uttar Pradesh on 28–31 December 1986 President: Indradeep Sinha General Secretary:Y.V.Krishna Rao. Twenty fourth conference held at Madhubani Bihar on 16–19 June 1993 President:Com. Y.V.Krishna Rao General Secretary: Com. Bhogendra Jha. Twenty fifth conference held at Bihar. President:Com.Bhogendra Jha General Secretary:Com. Y.V.Krishna Rao. Twenty