Bombay, 1885, A.O. Hume
The Indian National Union was formed in 1884 by
A.O.Hume, an Englishman and a retired civil servant, in association with
various national leaders who called for a conference in Pune in December 1885.
The conference received the unanimous support of
all Indian leaders, but the venue was shifted to Bombay for various reasons
(esp. outbreak of cholera in Pune).
Further, the leaders decided to rename the
Indian National Union as Indian national Congress.
The first session of the Indian National
Congress was held at
Gokuldas Tejpal
Sanskrit College in Bombay under the president ship of
W.C. Bannerji, a veteran lawyer of Calcutta.
It was attended by 72 delegates from all over
India.
From 1885 onwards the INC met every year and its
cause spread rapidly among middle class Indians.
With the foundation of INC in 1885, the struggle
for India’ independence was launched in a small, hesitant and mild but
organized manner.
The first two decade of INC are described in
History as those of moderate demands and a sense of confidence in British
justice and generosity. Their aim was not to be aggressive for attaining
independence lest the British should suppress this.
This resulted in
Indian Council Act in 1892 which
allowed some members to be indirectly elected by Indians but keeping the
official majority intact.
Moderate
leaders :
Data Bhai Naoroji, A.O. Hume, Badruddin Tayebji, M.G. Ranade,
W.C. Bannerji, Ferozshah Mehta , Surendra Nath Bannerji, C. Shankaran Naiyar,
Madan Mohan Malviya , V.S. Shrinivas Shastri, Tej Bahadur Sapru, Gopal Krishna
Gokhale, Anand Mohan Bose, E. Dinesh Wacha, Ras Bihari Ghosh , Mohan Lai Ghosh
, p. Anand Charlu, Madhusudan Das, Rahimtulla M.Sayani.
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