educated professionals such as lawyers.Poona Sarvajanik Sabha,the IndianAssociation, Indian National Congress,andmany such associations functioned in specificparts of the country, and their goals werestated as the goals of all the people of India.They worked with the idea that the peopleshould besovereign– The capacity to actindependently without outside interference,which is akey feature of nationalism.The Arms Act was passed in 1878, disallowingIndians from possessing arms.The Vernacular Act 1878 allowed thegovernment to confiscate the assets ofnewspapers, including their printing presses ifanything that was found 'objectionable.'In 1883, a bill was introduced called AlbertBill by Sir Courtenay, who was a law memberof Lord Ripon.The bill caused widespread agitation amongthe Whites, who strongly opposed the billand forced the government to withdraw it.The Indian National Congress was establishedin 1885 by a British servant Allan OctavianHume. It includes 72 delegates from differentparts of the country. The main leaders of theorganization were DadaBhai Naoroji,abusinessman andpublicist settled in London,W.C. Bannerji, Surendranath Bannerji,Romesh Chandra Dutt, S. Subramania Iyer,Pherozeshah Mehta, and Badruddin Tyabji.2.A nation in the making(i)Indian National Congress has two groups, namely-Sir Courtenay who introduced Albert BillDadabhai Naoroji- Main leader of Indian NationalCongress2