first conference of indian national congress was held at
Bombay
title: Indian National Conference text: Indian National Conference Indian National Conference is called as predecessor of Indian National Congress. Surendranath Banerjee and Anandamohan Bose were main organsers. Two sessions of it were held in 1883 and 1885, which had representative drawn from all major towns. The first Indian National Conference was held in Kolkata at Albert Hall from 28 to 30 December 1883. The second Indian National Conference was also held in Kolkata from 25 to 27 December 1885. Along with the Indian Association, the National Mohammadan Association and the British Indian Association were also conveners of this meeting. At its last day, the second title: Indian National Conference text: National Conference sent message of goodwill to the Indian National Congress. As both of them were very similar to each other, the National Conference merged with the Congress in December 1886. Indian National Conference Indian National Conference is called as predecessor of Indian National Congress. Surendranath Banerjee and Anandamohan Bose were main organsers. Two sessions of it were held in 1883 and 1885, which had representative drawn from all major towns. The first Indian National Conference was held in Kolkata at Albert Hall from 28 to 30 December 1883. The second Indian National Conference was also held in Kolkata from title: Indian National Congress text: Congress conducted its first session in Bombay from 28–31 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. 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 title: Indian National Congress text: Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC, often called the Congress Party or simply Congress) is a broadly based political party in India. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. Congress led India to independence from Great Britain, and powerfully influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire. Congress is a secular party whose socialdemocratic platform is generally considered to title: History of the Indian National Congress text: History of the Indian National Congress From its foundation on 28 December 1885 by A.O. Hume, a retired British officer, until the time India gained its independence on 15 August 1947, the Indian National Congress was considered to be the largest and most prominent Indian public organization, as well as the central and defining influence of the long Indian Independence Movement. After India became independent, Mahatma Gandhi asked the leaders to dissolve Indian National Congress, and to form a new organisation to govern the nation. Retired British Indian Civil Service (ICS) officer Allan Octavian Hume founded the Indian National Congress