Explain the formation of INC .
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The Indian National Congress was formed when 72 delegates from all the presidencies and provinces of India met at Bombay from 28 to 30 December 1885.
Allan Octavian Hume, a retired British Indian Civil Servant played a leading role in the formation of the Congress. He established contact with some of the most important Indian Leaders all over the country and received their cooperation in forming the Congress.
Some of the Important leaders who attended the first session of Congress which was held at the Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College, were Dadabhai Naoroji, Kashinath Trimbak Telang, Pherozeshah Mehta, S Subramania Iyer, P Ananda Charlu, Dinshaw Edulji Wacha, Gopal Ganesh Agarkar, G Subramania Iyer, M Viraraghavachari, N G Chadavarkar, Rahimtullah M Sayani and Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee. An important leader who was absent was Surendranath Banerjee.
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