1 History & Culture · 1.5.2 Rise of nationalism and the early Congress

1.5.2.3 Founding of the Indian National Congress 1885 and the safety-valve debate

The Indian National Congress was founded on 28 December 1885 at Bombay under W.C. Bonnerjee with A.O. Hume as general secretary, and historians still argue whether it was Hume's safety valve or the Indians' own creation.

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  • A.O. Hume
  • W.C. Bonnerjee
  • Bombay 1885
  • Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College
  • safety valve
  • lightning conductor
  • Dufferin
  • Wedderburn

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