INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

When Indian National Congress was formed?

• In December 1884, Allan Octavian Hume, an Englishman and retired civil servant, presided over a private meeting with 17 men after a Theosophical convention in Madras. Hume had to get the approval of the then Viceroy Lord Dufferin to hold the meeting.
• The idea of forming the Indian National Congress was conceived in this meeting.  At the time of foundation, the party’s objective was to obtain a greater participation for educated Indians in the government and to create a forum where political dialogues among educated Indians and the British Raj could be arranged. Hume’s main purpose was probably to provide a ‘safety valve’ to the growing discontent among the educated Indians.
• The first meeting of the Congress was scheduled to take place at Poona (now Pune).
• The conference received the unanimous support of all Indian leaders, However, due to a cholera outbreak, the event was shifted to Bombay (now Mumbai).

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LEADERS DURING THE FORMATION OF INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Other important leaders during foundation of Indian National Congress were Dadabhai Nairoji, Badrudin Tyabji, Aiyyar, Dinshaw Vacha, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Mahadev Govind Ranade, Madan Mohan Malviya, Anand Mohan Bose,R.R.Dutt, Ferozshah Mehta, G.K.Gokhale, G. Subramaniyam.

What was the Approach of Indian National Congress?

• From 1885 onwards the INC met every year and its cause spread rapidly among the middle class Indians.
• There were 72 members to attend the first session of Indian National Congress.
• The approach of Indian National Congress Leaders for first two decades i.e. 1885-1905 was quite moderated and was confided in British justice and generosity.
• Due to the repressive measures of the British gave rise to extremists with in congress like Bipin Chander Pal, Bal Gangadhar Tilak, and Lala Lajpat Rai, the trio also known as Lal, Bal, Pal along with Aurobindo Ghosh.
• Though Indian National Congress Made a very humble beginning, yet it gradually developed in to a powerful organisation. Indian freedom struggle was started with the birth of Indian National Congress

List of President of Indian National Congress-(1885-1948) along with the Place of meeting

Who were the Female Presidents of Indian National Congress?

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