Name two Indian political associations set up before the Indian National Congress
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Madras Native Association and Bombay Association. Landholders Society was founded by Dwarkanath Tagore located in Kolkata in 1836 and ‘East India Association’ was founded by ‘Dadabhai Naoroji’ in 1866.
These two indian political associations were set up before the Indian National Congress.
The Indian National Congress was founded by A.O.Hume, a retired British Civil Servant in December 1885. The formation of Indian National Congress has changed the Structure and perspective of Political parties as it contained educated middle class people and it had a National Character.
There were many Indian Political associations before the Indian National Congress, but these were dominated by wealthy and locally influential people and lacked National Character.
Two of them are :
1) Madras Native Association founded by Gazulu Lakshminarasu Chetty, at Madras in 1852.
2) Bombay Association founded by Jagannath Shankar Seth, at Bombay in 1852.
Landholders Society was founded by Dwarkanath Tagore located in Kolkata in 1836 and ‘East India Association’ was founded by ‘Dadabhai Naoroji’ in 1866.
The ‘Indian National Congress’ was established in 1885 during the major time of political awakening in India.
They had a large agenda and they consisted of doctors, lawyers, journalists, teachers, and many others.
Before the establishment of the ‘Indian national congress’, the political organizations consisted of different rich, aristocratic individuals from various states and regions.
They wanted to bring in changes through administrative reforms and the spread of education.
- Bombay Presidency Association
Founded in: 1885
Place: Mumbai (former name: Bombay)
Founded by: Phirozshah Mehta, K.T Telang and Badruddin Tyabji
- British India Society
Founded in: 1839
Place: London
Founded by: William Adam