Madras delegates at the first Indian National Congress
· Mumbai
Of the 72 delegates at the first session of the Indian National Congress in Bombay, 22 came from the Madras Presidency.
A sense of national awakening had grown in the Madras Presidency, where the Madras Mahajana Sabha was formed in May 1884. When the Indian National Congress held its first session at Bombay in December 1885, 22 of its 72 delegates came from the Madras Presidency. S. Subramania Iyer, one of the founding members, led the Madras delegation. Madras hosted the Congress session in 1887, and the presidency remained one of its main centres.
