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How did the Indian National Congress form?

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pOn 28 December 1885, the Indian National Congress was 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.

Founders: Allan Octavian Hume

Place founded: Mumbai

Founded: INA Defence Committee

Politician: Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Mohandas K.Gandhi, Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari

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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 the central and defining influence of the long Indian Independence Movement.[citation needed]

The flag adopted in 1931 and used by the Provisional Government of Free India during the Second World War.

Nationalists on the Salt March

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