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 … Continue reading Indian National Congress-1885