[citation needed] It is headed by a Chief Organiser Shri Lalji Desai [3] In 1923, following the Flag Satyagraha at Nagpur, many activists of the Congress were arrested and sentenced to prison.

This position gained the attention of the Congress's national leadership that had gathered in Nagpur to participate in the satyagraha.

At the Kakinada session of the Congress in 1923, a board under Dr. N. S. Hardikar was constituted for establishing the Seva Dal.

[9] Colonial Government of India banned Seva Dal in 1932 for setting up a women's army.

[10] The task of imparting training and organising volunteers was given to the Seva Dal in 1938, which was then headquartered in the Karnatak district of the Bombay presidency.