GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Allan Octavian Hume, CB ICS (4 June 1829 – 31 July 1912) was a British political reformer, ornithologist, civil servant and botanist who worked in British India. He supported the idea of self-governance by Indians and founded the Indian National Congress.

Detailed explanation-2: -On 28 December 1885, the first session of the Indian National Congress (INC) was held at Bombay and continued till 31 December. It was started by a retired British civil servant Allan Octavian Hume along with Dadabhai Naoroji and Dinshaw Wacha.

Detailed explanation-3: -The party was founded by a British member of the Imperial Civil Service. Complete answer: Indian National Congress, one of the world’s largest and oldest political parties of its kind, was founded on December 28, 1885, by British civil servant Sir Allan Octavian Hume.