Pandit Bishan Narayan Dar (1864 – 19 November 1916) was an Indian politician who served as the President of the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

for one term in 1911. Dar belonged to a prominent Kashmiri Pandit family from

Lucknow Lucknow () is the List of state and union territory capitals in India, capital and the largest city of the List of state and union territory capitals in India, Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is the administrative headquarters of the epon ...

. His uncle Pandit Shambhu Nath was the first Indian Judge of the Calcutta High Court. Dar studied at the Church Mission High School and Canning College in

Lahore Lahore ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, second-largest city in Pakistan, after Karachi, and ...

. Dar went to England where he practised as a lawyer. After his return to India, he joined the

in 1887. He was the President of the United Provincial Conference in 1911 and the President of the

in the same year. In 1914, he was elected as a member of the

Imperial Legislative Council The Imperial Legislative Council (ILC) was the legislature of British Raj, British India from 1861 to 1947. It was established under the Government of India Act 1858 by providing for the addition of six additional members to the Governor General ...

from the United Provinces.

References

Presidents of the Indian National Congress Members of the Imperial Legislative Council of India 1864 births 1916 deaths Kashmiri politicians Kashmiri Pandits Politicians from Lucknow Indian National Congress politicians from Uttar Pradesh 19th-century Indian politicians 20th-century Indian politicians {{UttarPradesh-INC-politician-stub