Who denounced the Congress as 'Microscopic minority'?

The correct answer is Lord Dufferin.

• Dufferin called INC as ‘Microscopic minority’.

Key Points

•  Indian National Congress (INC):
  • The Indian National Union was formed in 1885 AD by A.O. Hume.
  • He called for a conference in Pune in December 1885 AD.
  • The conference venue was shifted to Bombay.
  • The leaders decided to rename the Indian National Union as the Indian National Congress.
  • The first session of the Indian National Congress was held at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay under the presidentship of W.C. Bannerjee.
  • It was attended by 72 delegates from all over India.
  • Lord Dufferin was the Viceroy of India during the foundation of INC.
  • The first two decades of INC are described in history as those of moderate demands and a sense of confidence in British justice and generosity. Indian Council Act in 1892 AD allowed some members to be indirectly elected by Indians.

Additional Information

• Aligarh Movement of 1875 was started by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.
• Lord Curzon (1899 AD-1905 AD):
  • Appointed a Police Commission in 1902 AD under Andrew Frazer.
  • Indian Universities Act passed in 1904 AD.
  • Famine Commission under MacDonnell.
  • Introduction of Ancient Monuments Preservation Act 1904.
  • Partition of Bengal in 1905.