<P> The Indian National 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 following December was issued . Due to a cholera outbreak there , it was moved to Bombay . </P>
<P> The Indian National 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 following December was issued . Due to a cholera outbreak there , it was moved to Bombay . </P>
where was the first session of the indian national congress held
where was the first session of the indian national congress held
Bombay
Bombay