INDIAN HISTORY

HISTORY

MODERN INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
In December 1885, when the Indian National Congress was founded, AO Hume acted as its
A
President
B
Vice-President
C
General Secretary
D
Member of the Working Committee
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -On 28 December 1885, the Indian National Congress was founded at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay, with 72 delegates in attendance. Hume assumed office as the General Secretary, and Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee of Calcutta was elected president.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -A.O. Hume, a retired British official, played a significant role in establishing Indian National Congress in 1885. He wanted to create a platform for political dialogue among educated Indians.

Detailed explanation-4: -A. O. Hume played the most significant role in shaping the Indian National Congress both as it founder and its organiser from 1885 to 1892. that time that his was not the effective voice in the Congress.

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