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Events like the passage of the Vernacular Press Act
in 1878 and the Ilbert Bill of 1882, as well as the
reduction of the age limit for the Civil Services
Exams in 1876 resulted in a wave of opposition from
the middle class Indians. Consequently some of them
came together and formed a number of small political
parties that came out in the streets for protests
and rallies. The British foresaw the situation
resulting in another rebellion on the pattern of the
War of Independence of 1857. To avoid such a
situation, the British decided to provide an outlet
to the local people where they could discuss their
political problems. In order to achieve this goal,
Allan Octavian Hume, a retired British civil
servant, had a series of meetings with Lord Dufferin,
the Viceroy. He also visited England and met people
like John Bright, Sir James Caird, Lord Ripon and
some members of the British Parliament. Hume also
had the support of a large number of Englishmen in
India, including Sir William Wedderbun, George Yule
and Charles Bradlaugh.
On his return from Britain, Hume consulted the local Indian leaders and started working towards the establishment of an Indian political organization. He invited the convention of the Indian National Union, an organization he had already formed in 1884, to Bombay in December 1885. Seventy delegates, most of whom were lawyers, educationalists and journalists, attended the convention in which the Indian National Congress was established. This first session of Congress was presided over by Womesh Chandra Banerjee and he was also elected as the first president of the organization.
To begin with, Congress acted as a 'Kings Party'. Its early aims and objectives were: 1. To seek the cooperation of all the Indians in its efforts. 2. Eradicate the concepts of race, creed and provincial prejudices and try to form national unity. 3. Discuss and solve the social problems of the country. 4. To request the government, give more share to the locals in administrative affairs. As time went by, the Congress changed its stance and apparently became the biggest opposition to the British government. Muslims primarily opposed the creation of Congress and refused to participate in its activities. Out of the 70 delegates who attended the opening session of the Congress, only two were Muslims. Sir Syed Ahmad Khan, who was invited to attend the Bombay session, refused the offer. He also urged the Muslims to abstain from the Congress activities and predicted that the party would eventually become a Hindu party and would only look after the interests of the Hindus. Syed Ameer Ali, another important Muslim figure of the era, |
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