who presided over the first conference of the india national congress
Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
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: History of the Indian National Congress text: founded at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay, with 72 delegates in attendance. Hume assumed office as the General Secretary, and Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee of Calcutta was elected President. Besides Hume, two additional British members (both Scottish civil servants) were members of the founding group, William Wedderburn and Justice (later, Sir) John Jardine. The other members were mostly Hindus from the Bombay and Madras Presidencies. Even before independence of India, the Indian National Congress had well articulated foreign policy positions. In the words of Rejaul Karim Laskar, a scholar of Indian foreign policy and an ideologue of Indian National Congress, 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