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On 
Indian History,
Art and Culture
CRASH COURSE
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On 
Indian History,
Art and Culture
CRASH COURSE
IN LAST CLASS
? Revolt of 1857
? Acts – 1858, 1861
? Viceroys
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On 
Indian History,
Art and Culture
CRASH COURSE
IN LAST CLASS
? Revolt of 1857
? Acts – 1858, 1861
? Viceroys
EARLY POLITICAL ASSOCIATION 
? Landholder ’s Society, 1831 - Dwarkanath Tagore - First organisation of Bengal
with distinct political object
? British India Society, 1839 - William Adam - Printed a newspaper “British
Indian Advocate” in 1841.
? Bengal British India Society, 1843 - George Thomson - To secure welfare and
advance the interests of all classes.
? British Indian Association, 1851 - Raja Radhakanta Deb, Debendranath
Tagore - An amalgamation of Landholders society and British India Society.
Published “Hindu Patriot” which had a critical tone.
? East India Association, 1856 - Dadabhai Naoroji - London, One of the
predecessors of INC. Idea was to present correct information about India to
British Public.
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On 
Indian History,
Art and Culture
CRASH COURSE
IN LAST CLASS
? Revolt of 1857
? Acts – 1858, 1861
? Viceroys
EARLY POLITICAL ASSOCIATION 
? Landholder ’s Society, 1831 - Dwarkanath Tagore - First organisation of Bengal
with distinct political object
? British India Society, 1839 - William Adam - Printed a newspaper “British
Indian Advocate” in 1841.
? Bengal British India Society, 1843 - George Thomson - To secure welfare and
advance the interests of all classes.
? British Indian Association, 1851 - Raja Radhakanta Deb, Debendranath
Tagore - An amalgamation of Landholders society and British India Society.
Published “Hindu Patriot” which had a critical tone.
? East India Association, 1856 - Dadabhai Naoroji - London, One of the
predecessors of INC. Idea was to present correct information about India to
British Public.
EARLY POLITICAL ASSOCIATION 
? National Indian Association, 1870 - Mary Carpenter - She was English
educational and social reformer. Formed in Britain to improve communication
b/w Indian reformers and British.
? Indian National Association, 1876 - Surendranath Banerjee, Anand Mohan
Bose - First declared nationalist organisation. Originally established as Bharat
Sabha. It merged in INC
? Poona Sarvojanik Sabha, 1870 - Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade - It was to
represent the aspirations of the people to government. Precurssor to INC.
? The Madras Mahajana Sabha, 1884 - S. Ramaswami Mudaliar and P.
Anandacharlu - Precurssor of INC.
? Bombay Presidency Association - In 1885 by Badruddin Tyabji, Pherozshah
Mehta and Justice Telang
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On 
Indian History,
Art and Culture
CRASH COURSE
IN LAST CLASS
? Revolt of 1857
? Acts – 1858, 1861
? Viceroys
EARLY POLITICAL ASSOCIATION 
? Landholder ’s Society, 1831 - Dwarkanath Tagore - First organisation of Bengal
with distinct political object
? British India Society, 1839 - William Adam - Printed a newspaper “British
Indian Advocate” in 1841.
? Bengal British India Society, 1843 - George Thomson - To secure welfare and
advance the interests of all classes.
? British Indian Association, 1851 - Raja Radhakanta Deb, Debendranath
Tagore - An amalgamation of Landholders society and British India Society.
Published “Hindu Patriot” which had a critical tone.
? East India Association, 1856 - Dadabhai Naoroji - London, One of the
predecessors of INC. Idea was to present correct information about India to
British Public.
EARLY POLITICAL ASSOCIATION 
? National Indian Association, 1870 - Mary Carpenter - She was English
educational and social reformer. Formed in Britain to improve communication
b/w Indian reformers and British.
? Indian National Association, 1876 - Surendranath Banerjee, Anand Mohan
Bose - First declared nationalist organisation. Originally established as Bharat
Sabha. It merged in INC
? Poona Sarvojanik Sabha, 1870 - Justice Mahadev Govind Ranade - It was to
represent the aspirations of the people to government. Precurssor to INC.
? The Madras Mahajana Sabha, 1884 - S. Ramaswami Mudaliar and P.
Anandacharlu - Precurssor of INC.
? Bombay Presidency Association - In 1885 by Badruddin Tyabji, Pherozshah
Mehta and Justice Telang
The Indian National Congress (INC) 
? The pre-congress organizations were limited in scope and objectives.
? This led to development of some basic needs and objectives before the leaders. It was
said that the Indians need to be welded together for their political advancements.
? 1885 - General election in Britain. A. O. Hume, a retired civil servant in the British
Government.
? Before that, he published an “Appeal from the People of India ” to the electors of
Great Britain and Ireland, which asked the British Voters to support the candidates
who were sympathetic to the Indian public opinions.
? However, there was no substantial result of this appeal.
? Therefore, A.O. Hume took the initiative to form an all-India organization.
? In 1885, the INC was founded at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay, with
72 delegates in attendance, and A.O. Hume assumed office as the General
Secretary.
? The additional British Members were William Wedderburn and Justice John
Jardine.
? All others were the Hindus from Calcutta and Madras Presidency.