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India · 1887Badruddin Tyabji presides at Madras — Congress's first Muslim president

The third Indian National Congress met at Madras (27–30 December 1887) under Badruddin Tyabji, its first Muslim president, drawing about 607 delegates. The Indian National Social Conference held its first session alongside it, while Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee was marked across the British Empire.

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Key figures

Badruddin Tyabji — president of the third Congress session (Madras, 1887); first Muslim to lead the INC.Lord Dufferin — Viceroy of India (1884–1888).Sir Charles Aitchison — chaired the Public Service Commission whose 1887 report classified the civil services.Mahadev Govind Ranade — leading figure associated with the Indian National Social Conference.Sir Syed Ahmad Khan — urged Muslims to stay away from Congress politics in 1887.Srinivasa Ramanujan — mathematician, born 22 December 1887 at Erode.

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