<P> Retired British ICS officer Allan Octavian Hume , founded the Congress to form a platform for civic and political dialogue of educated Indians with the British Raj . After the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the transfer of India from the East India Company to the British Empire ( the Raj ) , it was the goal of the Raj to support and justify its governance of India with the aid of English - educated Indians , who would be familiar and friendly to British culture and political thinking . Ironically , a few of the reasons the Congress grew and survived in the era of undisputed British hegemony , was through the patronage of British authorities , Anglo - Indians , and a rising Indian , English language educated , class . </P>
<P> Retired British ICS officer Allan Octavian Hume , founded the Congress to form a platform for civic and political dialogue of educated Indians with the British Raj . After the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the transfer of India from the East India Company to the British Empire ( the Raj ) , it was the goal of the Raj to support and justify its governance of India with the aid of English - educated Indians , who would be familiar and friendly to British culture and political thinking . Ironically , a few of the reasons the Congress grew and survived in the era of undisputed British hegemony , was through the patronage of British authorities , Anglo - Indians , and a rising Indian , English language educated , class . </P>
who initiated movement to form indian national congress
who initiated movement to form indian national congress
Allan Octavian Hume
Allan Octavian Hume