The Indian National Congress was founded on 28 December 1885 by the active help of A. O. Hume a retired British Officer. Prior to it there existed the East India Association established by Dadabhai Naoriji in 1867, the Indian Reform Association under Keshub Chunder Sen and Indian National Association founded by Surendranath Banerjee and Anand Mohan Bose in 1876. All of these political associations were mainly formed for demanding a higher share in the Indian Civil Services, a higher share in the British Governance of India all under the prospects of adhering to the sovereignty of the British crown. The INC was born with the prime motto of demanding an independent government under the British crown and had initially strong faith in the Brtitish Crown.