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India · 1886Second Congress session at Calcutta under Dadabhai Naoroji; Upper Burma annexed

The Indian National Congress held its second session at Calcutta in December 1886 under Dadabhai Naoroji, with delegates rising from 72 to 436 as early nationalist groups came together. Britain proclaimed the annexation of Upper Burma on 1 January 1886, and Ramakrishna Paramahamsa died in August.

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Key figures

Dadabhai Naoroji — President of the 1886 Calcutta session of the INC; exponent of the 'Drain of Wealth' theory.Lord Dufferin — Viceroy of India from 1884 to 1888; appointed the Aitchison Commission and oversaw the annexation of UppSurendranath Banerjea — leader associated with the Indian National Conference and early constitutional nationalism.Sir Syed Ahmad Khan — founded the Muhammadan Educational Conference in 1886.Ramakrishna Paramahamsa — Bengali mystic who died on 16 August 1886.Sir Charles Aitchison — chaired the Public Service Commission appointed in 1886.

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