The Great Indian National Movement
ONE-LINER HISTORY NOTE FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMS The Great Indian National Movement 1. The most important events during Lord Duferin’s Period (1884-1888) were the third Anglo Burmese War (1885-86) and the establishment of the first All India organisation, the Indian National Congress . 2. The INC was founded in December 28, 1885 at the Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College, Bombay. 3. 72 delegates participated in the first session of the INC. 4. It was founded by A.O. Hume a retired Civil Servant. 5. W.C. Banerjee was the first president of INC. 6. The Indian Association of S.N. Banerjee and Anand Mohan Bose, organised an All Indian National Conference in 1883 December. They had given a call for another conference in 1885. 7. ...