It was founded upon the suggestion of British civil servant Allan Octavian Hume ( A O Hume ). It was created to form a platform for civic and political dialogue of educated Indians with the British Raj. On 28 December 1885, the Indian National Congress was founded at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay, with 72 delegates in attendance. A. O Hume assumed office as the General Secret...

Decay of the Mughal empire: * Policies of Aurangzeb - He imposed jazia and forbade the celebration of Hindu festivals thus lost their friendship and loyality. - His execution of the Sikh guru and his enmity with the Marathas forced them to raise arms against him. - He laid stress on simplicity and was against singing, dancing and drinking which were common habits of the Muslim nobles. They did...