Nine resolutions were passed in this first session. Hume was elected as the first general secretary of the Indian National Congress. Seventy two invited delegates from different parts of India assembled in this first session. Woomesh Chandra Banerjee presided over it. The first session of the All India Congress began on 28th December 1885 at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College. But the venue of the meeting was shifted to Bombay as Poona became infected with Cholera. Moreover, this all India forum would work as a ‘safety valve’ for the escape of great forces generated due to the British rule in India.Hume invited eminent Indians from different parts of the country to meet at Poona from 25th to 28th December 1885. This association could be consulted by the British Government to assess the Indian public opinion on various issues of national interest. Hume met Lord Dufferin, the then Governor- General of India and decided to form an association which might function on the model of the opposition party of Britain. He wrote an open letter to the students of Calcutta university asking at least fifty among them to be ready for making sacrifices for the cause of the motherland. officer was instrumental in the formation of Indian National Congress. But the Indian public opinion could be organised and articulated only with the formation of Indian National Congress as a national forum.Īllan Octavian Hume, a retired I.C.S. With a view of bringing representatives from all over India to a common platform, the Indian Association organised All-India National Conferences twice in 18. It organised a number of peasant demonstrations demanding reduction of the rate of revenue. It also opposed the reduction of the qualifying age for appearing in the Indian Civil Service Examination from twenty-one to nineteen. It opposed the Arms Act and the Vernacular Press Act of Lord Lytton. However, among all these organisations, the Indian Association established under the leadership of Surendra Natli Banerjee and Anand Mohan Bose, actively attempted to form a strong public opinion against the unjust policies of the British Government. with the aim of awakening national consciousness. In 1885, the Bombay Presidency Association was formed under the leadership of persons like Feroz Shall Mehta, Badruddin Tayabji etc.
Mahadeva Govinda Ranade formed the Madras Mahajana Sabha in 1881 and also the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha in 1867 for social reforms and national awakening.
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