Allan Octavian Hume (A.O. Hume) was a retired British officer of Indian Civil Service. In 1884, he established the Indian National Union. After visiting Kolkata, Mumbai and Madras, Hume took the initiative to organize the first Indian National Union to meet in Poona. Its objective was to obtain a share in Government for educated Indians, to create a platform for civil and political dialogue between educated Indians in British Raj. The first meeting was scheduled to be held in Poona, but due to an outbreak of Cholera, it was shifted to Tejpal Sanskrit Vidyalaya in Bombay. The first session of Indian National Union was held on 28 December, 1885. In this session on the advice of Dadabhai Naroji the organization was renamed as ‘Indian National Congress.’ ....Read more