Question

The need for an all-India organisation of educated Indians had been felt since 1880, but
the Ilbert Bill controversy deepened this desire. The Indian National Congress was
established when 72 delegates from all over the country met at Bombay in December

1885. The early leadership – Dadabhai Naoroji,Pherozeshah Mehta, Badruddin Tyabji,

W.C. Bonnerji, Surendranath Banerji, Romesh Chandra Dutt, S. Subramania Iyer,
among others – was largely from Bombay and Calcutta.Naoroji, a businessman and

publicist settled in London, and for a time member of the British Parliament, guided the

younger nationalists. A retired British official, A.O. Hume, also played a part in bringing

Indians from the various regions together.


Q.1 When was established Indian National Congress?

Q.2. Which controversy was encouraged an all- India organisation for educated Indians?

Q.3 Where was the First meeting held of Indian National Congress?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1:On 28 December 1885, the Indian National Congress was founded at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay, with 72 delegates in attendance. Hume assumed office as the General Secretary, and Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee of Calcutta was elected president.

2:The need for an all-India organisation of educated Indians had been felt since 1880, but the Ilbert Bill controversy deepened this desire. The Indian National Congress was. established when 72 delegates from all over the country met at Bombay in December. 1885

3:The Indian National Congress conducted its first session in Bombay from 28–31 December 1885 at the initiative of retired Civil Service officer Allan Octavian Hume.

Answer 2

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1. In 1885
2. Ilbert bill
3. Bombay

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