Indian National Congress-Safety Valve theory


The Indian National congress was founded in 1885 December by A O Hume, an English civil servant .He was founded to eliminate the poverty and to unify the India as whole. Before  Indian National Congress(INC) many number of associations were formed to fought for the political reforms in India.The main aim in behind establishing the INC was to unite the nation in irrespective of religion, region and caste’s. W C Benerjee was the first president for the INC.Many prominent persons acted as presidents for the INC, Dadabhai naoroji who was also known as “ Grand Old Man of India” acted three times president for INC ,his popular framework on Drain theory explains the poverty in India and its causes. Babruddin Tayabji was the first Muslim acted as president for INC.


A O Hume founded the” Safety Valve theory” ,the theory Safety Valve explains the safe outlet to discontent among educated Indians and somewhat true and some inadequate.