The Delhi Durbar held in 1877 to proclaim Queen Victoria as the Empress of India witnessed a grand gathering of hundreds of Indian princes that gave an idea to organize a similar gathering of Indian patriots. The National conference of 1883 at Calcutta was another occasion to develop the same idea among the elite class. The Hindu wrote that "Time [...]
The Indian National Congress founded in 1885 was the institutionalized form of emergent Indian nationalism. It was the first organized expression of Indian nationalism on an all-India scale. The birth of the Indian National Congress was not a sudden event or a historical accident but the result of a gradual effort of a number of educated Indians of Bengal and [...]
Read this article to learn about the political associations for the revolt before the Indian national congress! The political associations in the early half of the nineteenth century were dominated by wealthy and aristocratic elements and were provincial or local in character. They worked for reform of administration, association of Indians with the administration and spread of education, and sent [...]
