Congress
- 28 December — Formation of Indian National Congress
- First President of Indian National Congress — W.C .Banerjee
- First Secretary of Indian National Congress — A.O. Hume
- Dadabbhai Naoroji gave the name Indian National Congress
- Fist session of Indian National Congress was held at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay.
- In its first session it had 72 members.
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