The Muslim League was founded in 1906 in Dhaka with the aim of representing the interests of Indian Muslims.
Retired British Indian Civil Service officer AO Hume founded the Indian National Congress in order to form a platform for civil and political dialogue among educated Indians in 1885
The Congress ministries resigned in October and November 1939, in protest against Viceroy Lord Linlithgow's action of declaring India to be a belligerent in the Second World War without consulting the Indian people.