when was the first session of indian national congress held
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress conducted its first session in Bombay from 28â€“31 December 1885 at the initiative of retired Civil service officer Allan Octavian Hume. In 1883, Hume had outlined his idea for a body representing Indian interests in an open letter to graduates of the University of Calcutta.[20] Its aim was to obtain a greater share in government for educated Indians, and to create a platform for civic and political dialogue between them and the British Raj. Hume took the initiative, and in March 1885 a notice convening the first meeting of the Indian National Union to be held in Poona the following December was issued.[21] Due to a cholera outbreak there, it was moved to Bombay.
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress ( pronunciation (help·info)) (INC, often called Congress Party) is a broadly based political party in India.[14] Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa.[a][15] From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement, with over 15 million members and over 70 million participants.[16] Congress led India to independence from Great Britain,[b][17][c][18] and powerfully influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire.[d][15]