Formation of Indian National Congress (1885) - Advocated for constitutional reforms.

Formation of Indian National Congress (1885) – Advocated for constitutional reforms.

In Indian history, the formation of the Indian National congress played a very significant and important role. After the establishment of INC, all the Indians unite themselves, and they have a platform to develop Political Awareness.

Establishment of the Indian National Congress took place on December 28, 1885. INC was founded by former British Indian Civil Service employee A.O. Hume (Allan Octavian Hume), and Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee served as its first president. In Bombay (now Mumbai), Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College hosted the inaugural session.

Formation of Indian National Congress

Founder	Allan Octavian Hume( A.O. Hume)
Formation Date	28 December 1885
Place	Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College, Bombay (now Mumbai)
First President	W.C. Bonnerjee
Participants	Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Edulji Wacha, Surendranath Banerjee, Badruddin Tyabji, Pherozeshah Mehta W. C. Bonnerjee, S. Ramaswami Mudaliar, S. Subramania Iyer, and Romesh Chunder Dutt

Objectives of the Indian National Congress

The main objective of INC are:-

The INC give a platform for all Indian to bring together which help to promote National unity.
Every Indian express their Grievances related to their political, economic, and social concerns.
One of the aim of INC is to Develop Political Awareness( every people know their rights and the importance of political participation).

Causes of Formation

Due to economic exploitation of Britishers some of intelligent and knowledge full Indian leaders revel economic crisis.
There is need of a unified platform for indian political leaders to raise or discuss there political demands.
There is increasing in western education and development there is lack of political power and decision-making authority in their own affairs

Significance

An important turning point in Indian political history was the INC’s founding, which established the framework for the organised liberation movement. It began as a moderate movement but eventually grew into a large-scale one calling for total independence. Organised opposition to British rule in India began with the INC, which represented the goals of a politically aware middle class in India.