dec 29, 1885 - Indian National Congress Bombay Session

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- Indian National Union formed by A.O Hume became INC
- At Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay

Presided by - WC Bonnerjee
Secretary - A O Hume

- important leaders Dadabhaj Naroji, Surendra Nath Banerjee, G K Gokhale, Babruddin Tyabji
- Kadambini Ganguly - first woman to address Congress session
- Besides Hume, two additional British members (both Scottish civil servants) were members of the founding group, William Wedderburn and Justice John Jardine

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