INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Mean of congress

•          Group of people
•         Term “congress” borrowed from USA
•         Term ‘congress’ given by Dada Bhai Naoroji

Establishment

•          28 Dec 1885
•          Place: Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit Mahavidayala
•          Gwalia tank, Bombay
•          Founder: A.O.Hume
•          1^st chairman: W. C. Banerji
•          72 members – In 1^st meeting
•          Lord Dufferin (G.G)

Logic behind establishment of congress 

•   Lala Lajpat Rai:- Britishers have established INC to protect British India from disintegration
•  William Wedderburn: Safety value theory
•   Rajni Palme Dutt: Congress was established by Britisher with widening strategy.  

                                                  IMPORTANT SESSION OF INC 

First session/Summit – 1885

·         Bombay

·         W. C. Bannerji

 2^nd Summit, 1886

•          Calcutta
•          D. B. Naoroji

 3^rd Summit, 1887

•          Madras
•          Badruddin Taiyab [1^st Muslim chairman]

 4^th Summit, 1888

•          Allahabad
•          George Yule (1^st English chairman)

 5^th Summit, 1889

•       Bombay
•       William Wedderburn
•       First-time women participated in this summit.

Note: William Wedderburn was the chairman of congress session – Two times

(1889 → Bombay, 1910 → Allahabad)

 6^th Summit, 1890

•          Calcutta
•       Firojshah Mehta
•        Kadimbini Ganguly – First time, any women give a speech on the stage.

 12^th Session, 1896

•         Calcutta
•       Rahimtulla Sayani

Note: Bankim Chandra Chatterjee, first-time sings ‘Bande matram’ in this session.

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