"Allan Octavian Hume was an administrator with a deep insight and understanding of the problems of rural India. He was a friend of Indian Peasantry, the champion of the aspirations of the Indian people for self-government and the foremost advocated of India's unity and nationhood." Allan Octavian Hume (June 6, 1829 -July 31, 1912) was a Scottish Civil Servant, political reformer and the founder of the Indian National Congress. He was described by Dr. ...
