Allan Hume
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Allan Octavian Hume was a British political reformer, ornithologist, civil servant and botanist who worked in British India and was the founding spirit and key founder of the Indian National Congress. He was a proponent of Indian self-rule and strongly supported the idea of Indian independence.
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Hume's grave in Brookwood Cemetery
Hume at the first session, Bombay, 28-31 December 1885
Hume on a 1973 stamp of India
Hume (left) with Wedderburn (right) and Dadabhai Naoroji (centre)
Cartoon from the Hindi Punch, 1896
Map of the Crags and Rothney Castle, Shimla (1872)
Hume's map of Lakshadweep with seabed depth contoursAwards 2
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Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of FallodonAlso won Fellow of the Zoological Society of London
Albert GüntherAlso won Fellow of the Zoological Society of London
Ken LivingstoneAlso won Fellow of the Zoological Society of London
Michael Roger Oldfield ThomasAlso won Fellow of the Zoological Society of London
Humphry DavyAlso won Fellow of the Zoological Society of London
George BenthamAlso won Fellow of the Zoological Society of LondonAbout this person
Allan Octavian Hume was a British political reformer, ornithologist, civil servant and botanist who worked in British India and was the founding spirit and key founder of the Indian National Congress. He was a proponent of Indian self-rule and strongly supported the idea of Indian independence. He supported the idea of self-governance by Indians. A notable ornithologist, Hume has been called "the Father of Indian Ornithology" and, by those who found him dogmatic, "the Pope of Indian Ornithology".
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