History of Indian National Congress 1885 – 1950
The history of the Indian National Congress (INC) from 1885 to 1950 is a saga of India’s struggle for freedom from British colonial rule. Founded in 1885, the INC played an important role in shaping the destiny of the Indian subcontinent.
Under the leadership of stalwarts like Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and Subhas Chandra Bose, the INC evolved into a formidable force. The Non-Cooperation Movement, Civil Disobedience Movement, and Quit India Movement were some of its landmark initiatives.
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Retired British Indian Civil Service (ICS) officer Allan Octavian Hume founded the Indian National Congress (A political party of India (British India to Free India)) in order to form a platform for civil and political dialogue among educated Indians.
After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, control of India was transferred from the East India Company to the British Empire. British-controlled India, known as the British Raj, or just the Raj, worked to try to support and justify its governance of India with the aid of English-educated Indians, who tended to be more familiar with and friendly to British culture and political thinking.
Ironically, a few of the reasons that the Congress grew and survived, particularly in the 19th-century era of undisputed British dominance or hegemony, was through the patronage of British authorities and the rising class of Indians and Anglo-Indians educated in the English language-based British tradition.
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