INC Flashcards
Who mobilised the intellectuals of that time to form the Indian National Congress
A. O. HUME
When was the INC formed
1884
Where was the first session of INC held
Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College Bombay
Which two freedom fighters are known as the main architects of the INC
Surendranath Banerjee and Anand Mohan Bose
How many delegates attended the INC first session
72
Who presided the first session of INC
Womesh Chandra
Who was elected as the president of INC three times?
Dadabhai Naoroji
Who were other great presidents of INC in early phase
Dadabhai Naoroji, Badruddin Tyabji, Pherozeshah Mehta, P. Anandacharlu, Surendranath Banerjee, Romesh Chandra Dutt, Anand Mohan Bose, and Gopal Krishna Gokhale.
Who were the other prominent leaders of INC ?
Mahadev Govind Ranade, Tilak, Sisir Kumar Ghosh, Motilal Ghosh, Madan Mohan Malaviya, G. Subramania Aiyar, C. Vijayaraghavachariar, Dinshaw E. Wacha
Who was the first women graduate of Calcutta University who addressed the Congress session?
In 1890, Kadambini Ganguly was the first women graduate of Calcutta University who addressed the Congress session. This symbolised the commitment of the freedom struggle to give women of India their due status in national life.
What is safety valve theory?
There is a theory that Hume formed the Congress with the idea that it would prove to be a ‘safety valve’ for releasing the growing discontent of the Indians. To this end, he convinced Lord Dufferin not to obstruct the formation of the Congress.
Which extremist leader believed in the ‘safety valve’ theory?
Lala Lajpat Rai
What was the Marxist historians ‘conspiracy theory’?
Even the Marxist historians ‘conspiracy theory’ was an offspring of the ‘safety valve’ notion. For example, R.P. Dutt opined that the INC was born out of a conspiracy to abort a popular uprising in India and the bourgeois leaders were a party to it.
