The need for the formation of an all-India political organization had become an objective necessity. The pre-congress organizations were limited in scope and objectives. It was only the establishment
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 576 512">DMPQ- What were the reasons for the formation of Indian National Congress?
The reasons for the Formation of INC are:
- All the associations are headed by elites and were regional and local in nature.
- The existing organizations had served a useful purpose but they were narrow in their scope and functioning. They dealt mostly with local questions and their membership and leadership were confined to a few people belonging to a single city or province. Even the Indian Association had not succeeded in becoming an all-Indian body.
- The earliest public association in modern India was the Landholders’ Society – an association of the landlords of Bengal, Bihar, and Orissa, founded in 1837 with the purpose of promoting the class interests of the landlords.
