Question

The Indian National Congress 

(a) When was the Indian National Congress founded?

(b) On whose advice was it founded?

(c) Where was the first session of the congress held? Who was the chairperson?

(d) Name some of the leaders who attended the first session of the congress.

Answer 1

(a) The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885.

(b) It was founded on the advice of a retired British Civil Servant Allan Octavian Hume.

• (c) The first session of the congress was held at Bombay.
• W. C. Bannerjee was the chairperson.
• (d) G. Subramaniam
• Dadabai Naoroji 
• Surrendranath Banerjee 
• Madan Mohan M.G. 
• Ranad Gopala Krishna Gokhale