Allan Octavian Hume
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British Ornithologist and Founder of the Indian National Congress
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Allan Octavian Hume, CB ICS was a British political reformer, ornithologist, civil servant and botanist who worked in British India. He supported the idea of self-governance by Indians and founded the Indian National Congress. A notable ornithologist, Hume has been called "the Father of Indian Ornithology" and, by those who found him dogmatic, "the Pope of Indian Ornithology".
