The Indian National Congress (INC) was formed by the ___________ in 1885.

The correct answer is Allan Octavian Hume.

• The Indian National Congress (INC) was formed by the Allan Octavian Hume in 1885.
• INC was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa and it grew to become one of the most important political parties in pre-independence India. 
• The first session of INC was held in Bombay from 28–31 December 1885 under the chairmanship of W.C. Bonnerjee.
• The session of the Indian National Congress is held at the gap of one year.
• INC started as an organization comprising only of the educated elite in India, but it later became a party of commoners with prominent leaders like Lajpat Rai, Tilak, Gandhi, Nehru, Bose, etc. as its members.
• From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi,
• Congress lead India to independence from Great Britain and powerfully influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire.
• The list of some of the sessions of the Indian National Congress before the Indian Independence.

  Year	Location	President and significance
  1885	Bombay	Womesh Chandra Bannerjee [1st session attended by 72 delegates]
  1886	Calcutta	Dadabhai Naoroji National [Congress and National Conference]
  1887	Madras	Badruddin Tyyabji [fist Muslim President]
  1889	Bombay	Sir William Wedderburn