Question

The British viceroy of India at the time of the formation of INC :

• A. Curzon
• B. LinLithgo
• C. Wavel
• D. Dufferin

Answer 1

Answer:

D. Dufferin

• Lord Dufferin (Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood) served as the Viceroy of India from 1884 to 1888. During his tenure, the Indian National Congress (INC) was formed in 1885.

• The INC was established in December 1885 with its first session held in Bombay (now Mumbai), presided over by Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee.

• The founding of the Indian National Congress was a significant moment in India's independence movement, as it would later become the primary organization leading India's struggle for freedom from British rule.

• Although Lord Dufferin was the Viceroy at the time, it's worth noting that the INC was actually formed by a retired British civil servant named Allan Octavian Hume, along with prominent Indian leaders and intellectuals of that period.