where was the first session of the indian national congress held
Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress conducted its first session in Bombay from 28â€“31 December 1885 at the initiative of retired Civil Service officer Allan Octavian Hume. In 1883, Hume had outlined his idea for a body representing Indian interests in an open letter to graduates of the University of Calcutta.[24][25] Its aim was to obtain a greater share in government for educated Indians, and to create a platform for civic and political dialogue between them and the British Raj. Hume took the initiative, and in March 1885 a notice convening the first meeting of the Indian National Union to be held in Poona the following December was issued.[26] Due to a cholera outbreak there, it was moved to Bombay.[27][24][28]