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Download Solution PDFThe Indian National Congress was founded by:
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Option 1 : A. O. Hume
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Key Points
- On December 28, 1885, the Indian National Congress was founded in Bombay by Scottish resident "Alan Octavian Hume".
- The first president of the Congress was "Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee".
- The youngest president of the Congress was "Abul Kalam Azad", who presided over the special session of Delhi in 1923.
- The 1888 session of the Congress was presided over by the first Englishman "George Yule".
- "Motilal Nehru" presided over the 1919 Amritsar session of the Congress
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