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Founding of the Indian National Congress (1885)

On the Indian independence map as “Bombay — Congress is founded”

28–31 Dec 1885 — At Bombay’s Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College, seventy-two delegates met under W. C. Bonnerjee. Most were lawyers, journalists and teachers; the organizer was A. O. Hume, a retired civil servant. Through petitions and resolutions, they sought a larger Indian share in governing India.

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Turning point
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British Raj and the early Congress (chapter 2 of Indian independence)
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Indian Independence & Partition, 1857–1964
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TURNING POINT · INDIAN INDEPENDENCE & PARTITION, 1857–1964

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