# Allan Octavian Hume, C.B.

Allan Octavian Hume,C.B
"Father of the Indian National Congress"
1829 TO 1912
BY
Sir WILLIAM WEDDERBURN, Bart.
T. FISHER UNWIN
LONDON: ADELPHI TERRACE
LEIPSIC: INSELSTRASSE 20
First Published 1913
(All rights reserved.)
CONTENTS
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* INTRODUCTORY................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* PARENTAGE AND EARLY YEARS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................3
* INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................6
* (A) 1849 TO 1867. DISTRICT OFFICER................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7
* The Indian Mutiny................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................9
* Popular Education................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................15
* Police Reform................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................19
* "Abkaree"—"The wages of sin"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................20
* "The Peoples Friend"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................21
* Juvenile Reformatories................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................22
* (B) 1867 TO 1870. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................25
* An Agricultural Department................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................27
* (C) 1870 TO 1879. SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................32
* (D) 1879 TO 1882. REMOVAL FROM THE SECRETARIAT................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................35
* "THE POPE OF ORNITHOLOGY"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................39
* RETIREMENT FROM THE SERVICE................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................46
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* THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................47
* Early Organization, 1883................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................50
* First Session in 1885................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................57
* Aggressive Propaganda in India 1888................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................60
* Correspondence with Sir Auckland Colvin................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................66
* Indian Religious Devotees................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................78
* The Propaganda in England................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................84
* The Indian Parliamentary Committee................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................90
* The Journal "India"................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................96
* Public Meetings................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................98
* Support of Propaganda................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................100
* PROPOSED MEMORIAL................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................102
* FAREWELL TO INDIA, 1894................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................103
* SOCIAL REFORM................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................106
* ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN IN DULWICH................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................109
* SOUTH LONDON BOTANIC INSTITUTE................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................113
* EPILOGUE................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................122
* APPENDIX I. COTTON GROWING................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................137
* APPENDIX II. INFANT MARRIAGES AND ENFORCED WIDOWHOOD................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................148
* APPENDIX III. CERTAIN ASPECTS OF SOCIAL REFORM................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................163
* APPENDIX IV. PRESS AND OTHER OPINIONS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................168
* APPENDIX V. ETAWAH'S DEBT TO MR. HUME................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................177
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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