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Question
Name the organisation which was the forerunner of the Indian National Congress.
Or
Name two fore-runners of the Indian National Congress.
Solution
Dadabhai Naoroji founded The East India Association in London on October 1, 1866. The Association attracted a large number of Englishmen who sympathised with India’s distress. Poona Sarvajanik Sabha formed in 1870, under the leadership of Justice Ranade, played an important role for about two decades in arousing political consciousness.
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