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Who founded the Indian National Congress?

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Sir A.O. Hume
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Bal Gangadhar Tilak
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Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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Mahatma Gandhi
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Solution

The correct option is A Sir A.O. Hume

Allan Octavian Hume, a retired civil servant in the British Government took the initiative to form an all-India organization. Thus, the Indian National Congress was founded and its first session was held at Bombay in 1885.


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