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Q56 (CDS-I/2014) History & Culture › National Movement (1857–1947) › Indian National Congress Answer Verified

Consider the following statements about the First Session of the Indian National Congress : 1. It was held in Bombay in 1885. 2. Surendranath Banerji could not attend the Session due to the simultaneous session of the Indian National Conference. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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The first session of the Indian National Congress (INC) was held in December 1885 at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay [3]. It was organized by A.O. Hume and attended by 72 delegates [4]. Statement 2 is also correct; Surendranath Banerjea, a prominent leader from Bengal and a main architect of the Indian National Conference, could not attend this inaugural session [3]. This was because he was presiding over the Second National Conference in Calcutta, which was being held simultaneously in December 1885 [3]. The Indian National Conference was a precursor to the INC, and the two organizations eventually merged during the second INC session held in Calcutta in 1886 to create a unified national platform [3].

Sources

  1. [1] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 11: Indian National Congress: Foundation and the Moderate Phase > Summary > p. 256
  2. [2] Rajiv Ahir. A Brief History of Modern India (2019 ed.). SPECTRUM. > Chapter 11: Indian National Congress: Foundation and the Moderate Phase > Foundation of Indian National Congress > p. 247
  3. [3] Modern India ,Bipin Chandra, History class XII (NCERT 1982 ed.)[Old NCERT] > Chapter 12: Growth of New India—The Nationalist Movement 1858—1905 > THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS > p. 208
  4. [4] http://indianculture.gov.in/digital-district-repository/district-repository/g-s-iyers-writings-about-1st-session-indian
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