Objective of Indian National Congress
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The establishment of Congress was preceded by several regional, provincial and sub-national organisations in various parts of India. Organisations like the zamindari association (1837), British India Association (1851), Pune Sarvajanik Sabha (1867), Bombay Presidency Association (1885) etc came up in India. These associations had organised several campaigns like campaign for imposition import duty on cotton in 1875, campaign for increasing the number of Indians in government services (1878- 79), campaign against the war with Afghanistan, protest against Vernacular Press Act, campaign to support Ilbert bill etc.
Thus all these organisations had prepared the foundation stage for an all India organisation. In 1883 and 1885 two sessions of All- India National Conference was organised by Surendranath Banerjee and others. A.O.Hume a retired British Civil Servant played a major role to mobilize and bring various intellectuals and organisations into one all India Organisation. In December 1885, Hume with the help of other leaders of India established the Indian National Congress. The session was held at Bombay and was presided over by Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee.
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