Describe the history of Indian national congress
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Retired British ICS officer Allan Octavian Hume, founded the Indian National Congress (A political party of India (British India to Free India)) to form a platform for civic and political dialogue of educated Indians. In the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the transfer of India from the East India Company to the British Empire (the Raj), it was the goal of the Raj to support and justify its governance of India, with the aid of English-educated Indians, who would be familiar and friendly to British culture and political thinking. Ironically, a few of the reasons the Congress grew and survived in the era of undisputed British hegemony, was through the patronage of British authorities, Anglo-Indians, and a rising Indian, English language educated, class.
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HISTORY
➡ The growth of nationalism in India , the repressive measures of the British , the social reforms and other causes led to the formation of awareness among the people about the nature of the British rule.
➡ The educated Indians started forming organisations.
➡ These were the fore - runners or precursors of the Indian National Congress.
➡ The formation of East India Association , Indian Association , Indian National Conference ultimately led to the formation of the Indian National Congress.
➡ Great leaders of India like Dadabhai Naoroji , Surendranath Bannerjee , Justice Ranade , etc. wanted to set up a political body consisting of Indians
➡ Allan Octavian Hume finally fulfilled their wish and he laid to the foundation of the INC.
➡ It was setup to appeal against the bad ,cruel administration of the British.
⇒ Allan Octavian Hume founded the Indian National Congress ( INC ) on 28 th December 1885.
⇒ He was a retired officer of the Indian Civil Service and he wanted to setup the organization as it would draw the attention of the British Government towards the reforms that had to be done in administration.
⇒ In 1884 , Hume consulted with the Indian leaders and he tried to unite them under this organisation .
⇒ The INC met for the first time at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskriti College at Mumbai on the date mentioned above.