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Who was the founder of the Indian National Congress?
Topic: Foundation of the Indian National Congress
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(a) A. O. Hume.
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Allan Octavian Hume, a retired British civil servant, founded the Indian National Congress in 1885 and served as its first General Secretary. The distinction to hold clearly: HUME FOUNDED it, W.C. BONNERJEE PRESIDED over its first session at Bombay in 1885, and DADABHAI NAOROJI presided over the second at Calcutta in 1886. Papers test all three facts, often in the same year, so learn them as a set.
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A. O. Hume.
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