Allan Octavian Hume, C.B.

by William Wedderburn

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

1. PAGE

2. INTRODUCTORY ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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3. PARENTAGE AND EARLY YEARS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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4. INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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5. (A) 1849 TO 1867. DISTRICT OFFICER ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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6. The Indian Mutiny ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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7. Popular Education ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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8. Police Reform ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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9. "Abkaree"—"The wages of sin" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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10. "The Peoples Friend" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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11. Juvenile Reformatories ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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12. (B) 1867 TO 1870. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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13. An Agricultural Department ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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14. (C) 1870 TO 1879. SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    32

15. (D) 1879 TO 1882. REMOVAL FROM THE SECRETARIAT ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    35

16. "THE POPE OF ORNITHOLOGY" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    39

17. RETIREMENT FROM THE SERVICE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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19. THE INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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20. Early Organization, 1883 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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21. First Session in 1885 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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22. Aggressive Propaganda in India 1888 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    60

23. Correspondence with Sir Auckland Colvin ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    66

24. Indian Religious Devotees ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    78

25. The Propaganda in England ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    84

26. The Indian Parliamentary Committee ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    90

27. The Journal "India" ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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28. Public Meetings ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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29. Support of Propaganda ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    100

30. PROPOSED MEMORIAL ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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31. FAREWELL TO INDIA, 1894 ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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32. SOCIAL REFORM ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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33. ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN IN DULWICH ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    109

34. SOUTH LONDON BOTANIC INSTITUTE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    113

35. EPILOGUE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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36. APPENDIX I. COTTON GROWING ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    137

37. APPENDIX II. INFANT MARRIAGES AND ENFORCED WIDOWHOOD ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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38. APPENDIX III. CERTAIN ASPECTS OF SOCIAL REFORM ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    163

39. APPENDIX IV. PRESS AND OTHER OPINIONS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    168

40. APPENDIX V. ETAWAH'S DEBT TO MR. HUME ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

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