Meanwhile, the beginnings of the Indian nationalist…

Meanwhile, the beginnings of the Indian nationalist movement wre to be discerned in the increasing tendency to form all-India associations representing various interests.

English-speaking Indians, predominantly middle-class but from different parts of the country, are discovering the efficacy of associations and public meetings in propagating their views to a wider audience and in winning the attention of the British government.

In 1885 the Indian National Congress (also referred to as Congress) had been founded to formulate proposals and demands to present to the British.