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The Indian National Congress was founded by

  1. A O Hume in 1885

  2. Mahatma Gandhi in 1911

  3. C F Andrews in 1911

  4. Lala Lajpat Rai in 1928
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Explanation

The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by A.O. Hume, a retired British civil servant, along with Indian nationalists like Dadabhai Naoroji and Dinshaw Wacha. Mahatma Gandhi joined the Congress later and became its leader, while C.F. Andrews was a British friend of India. Lala Lajpat Rai was a prominent Congress leader but not a founder.

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