![]() ![]() " Every nation secures precisely as good a Government as it merits. He began by reaching-out to selected alumni of the University of Calcutta. Hume embarked on an endeavor to get an organization started. Ironically, a few of the reasons that the Congress grew and survived, particularly in the 19th century era of undisputed British dominance or hegemony, was through the patronage of British authorities and the rising class of Indians and Anglo-Indians educated in the English language-based British tradition. British-controlled India, known as the British Raj, or just the Raj, worked to try to support and justify its governance of India with the aid of English-educated Indians, who tended to be more familiar with and friendly to British culture and political thinking. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, control of India was transferred from the East India Company to the British Empire. Retired British Indian Civil Service (ICS) officer Allan Octavian Hume founded the Indian National Congress in order to form a platform for civil and political dialogue among educated Indians. ![]()
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