Political Associations before 1857
| Year | Organization | Founder | Place / Remakes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1815 | Atmiya Sabha | Rammohan Roy | Initially Bramhmo Sabha |
| 1823 | Calcutta Unitarian Committee | Rammohan Roy | |
| 1828 | Brahmo Samaj | Rammohan Roy Debendranath Tagore Secretary – Tarachand Chakraborti | |
| Academic Association | Henry Vivian Derozio | ||
| 1829 | Dharma Sabha | Radhakanta Dev | Defend orthodox Hinduism |
| 1838 | Land-holders’ Society | Dwarkanath Tagore | 1st Political society |
| 1839 | Tattwabodhini Sabha | Debendranath Tagor | |
| British India Society | William Adam | London | |
| 1840 | Nirankaris | Dayal Das Darbara Singh | Punjab, Sikism |
| 1843 | Bengal British India Society | George Thompson | |
| 1844 | Manav Dharma Sabha | Durgaram Manchharam | Break Caste restrictions |
| 1849 | Paramahansa Mandali | Dadoba Panderung | Break Caste restrictions |
| 1851 | Rahnumai Mazdayasnan Sabha | Dadabhai Naoroji | Bombay, Parsis |
| British Indian Association | Radhakanta Deb Devendranath Tagore | ||
| 1852 | Madras Native Association | Lakshminarasu | |
| Bombay Association | Naoroji Furdoonji | Bombay | |
| 1857 | Namdharis | Ram Singh | Punjab, Sikism |
Political Associations before INC
| Year | Organization | Founder | Place / Remakes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1860 | Sangat Sabha | Kesab Chandra Sen | |
| 1861 | Radha Soami Satsang | Tulsi Ram | Monotheistic doctrine |
| 1863 | Mohammedan literary society | Nawab abdool luteef | Kolkata |
| 1864 | Scientific Society of Aligarh | Syed Ahmad Khan | Aligarh, UP |
| 1866 | Brahmo Samaj of India (Tabernacle of New Dispensation) | Keshab Chandra Sen | Brahmo Samaj broke out in two part. |
| Society for the Promotion of National Feeling | Rajnarayan Basu | ||
| Dar-ul-Uluma | Maulana Husain Ahmad | Deoband, spiritual & moral | |
| 1867 | East Indian Association | Dadabhai Naoroji | London |
| Prarthana Samaj | Atmaram Panduranga Dadoba P. Tarkhadkar | Bombay Religious & social reform in | |
| National Indian Association | Mary Carpenter | London | |
| Hindu Mela | Nabagopal Mitra | ||
| National Society | Nabagopal Mitra | ||
| 1870 | Poona Sarvajanik Sabha | MG Ranade GV Joshi President – Balasaheb Pant Pratinidhi | |
| Sramajivi Samiti | Sasipada Banerji | Workers’ organization | |
| Indian Reform Association | Keshub Chunder Sen | Secular side of the Brahmo Samaj Sulava Samachar weekly newspaper | |
| 1872 | Indian Society | Ananda Mohan Bose | London |
| 1873 | Satyashodhak Samaj | Jyotiba Phule | Pune rights for women and Dalits |
| 1875 | Arya Samaj | Dayananda Sarswati | Bombay |
| Theosophical Society | Madam Blavatsky H.S Olcott | New York, 1882, HQ in Adyar, Near Chennai | |
| 1876 | Indian Association | S N Banerjee Anandamohan Bose | later merged with the INC |
| 1878 | Sadharan Brahmo Samaj | Anandamohan Bose Shivanath Shastri Umesh Chandra Dutta | Town Hall of Calcutta |
| Rajahmundry Social Reform Association | Vireshalingam Pantulu | Andhra Pradesh | |
| 1883 | Indian National Conference | S N Banerjee Anandamohan Bose | Called as predecessor of INC |
| 1884 | Deccan Education Society | GG Agarkar | Poona, education |
Political Associations after INC to 1915
| Year | Organization | Founder | Place / Remakes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1886 | Muhammadan Educational Conference | Sir Syed Ahmed Khan | Aligarh Movement |
| 1887 | Indian National Social Conference | M. G. Ranade | Bombay |
| Deva Samaj | Shivanarayan Agnihotri | Lahore, like Brahmo samaj | |
| 1889 | Ahmadiyya Muslim Community | Mirza Ghulam Ahmad | Punjab |
| 1890 | Bombay Mill Hands Association | N. M. Lokhande | 1st Labour Union |
| 1893 | Mohammedan Anglo-Oriental Defence Association | Syed Ahmad Khan Theodore Beck | purpose to unite Muslims Counter influence of Congress |
| 1893 | Mahakali Pathshala | Maharani Tapaswini | Calcutta |
| 1894 | Nadwah-ul-Ulama | Maulana Shibli Numani | Lucknow, religious & moral |
| 1897 | Ramkrishna Mission | Swami Vivekananda | |
| 1899 | Mitra Mela | Savarkar Brothers | Maharastra |
| 1902 | Anushilan Samithi | Pramatha Mitra Satish Chandra Basu | Kolkata bodybuilding society or akhara |
| 1903 | Avinaba Bharat (Young India Society) | Savarkar brothers | Initially as ‘Mitra Mela’, at Nasik |
| 1904 | Bharat Mata Society | J M Chatterjee | |
| 1905 | Dhaka Anushilan Samiti | Pulin Behari Das | Dhaka |
| Servants of India Society | Gopal Krishna Gokhale | Pune | |
| Paris Indian Society | Madam Kama | Paris | |
| Printers’ Union of Calcutta | |||
| Swadesh Bandhap Samity | Aswini Kumar Dutta | Barisal | |
| India House | Shyamji Krishna Varma | London | |
| Anti-Circular Society | Sachindra Prasad Bose | Kolkata | |
| 1906 | National Council of Education | Rabindra Nath | |
| Jugantar | Aurobindo Ghosh, Barin Ghosh, Bhupendranath Datta, Raja Subodh Mallik | Kolkata | |
| All-India Muslim League | Nawab Khwaja Salimullah Other Leaders : Muhammad Ali Jinnah A. K. Fazlul Huq Aga Khan III Liaquat Ali Khan | Dhaka, Bangladesh | |
| 1908 | Muslim League – London | Syed Ameer Ali | London |
| 1909 | Poona Seva Sadan | Mrs. Ramabai Ranade | welfare of women |
| 1910 | Bharat Itihas Sanshodhak Mandal | Vishwanath Kashinath Rajwade Sardar K. C. Mehendale | Pune |
| 1911 | Social Service League | N M Joshi | Bombay |
| 1913 | Gadar Party | Har Dayal President – Sohan Singh Bhakna | Astoria, Oregon, USA Hindustan Ghadar newspaper in San Francisco, California |
| 1914 | Seva Samiti | H N Kunzru | Allahabad, Social service |
| Nair Service Society | Mannathu Padmanabha Pillai | Kerala |
Political Associations between 1915 & 1930
| Year | Organization | Founder | Place / Remakes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | Indian Independence Committee | Virendranath Bhupendranath Hardayal | Berlin |
| Hindu Mahasabha | Madan Mohan Malviya | 1st sessions – Haridwar, 13 Feb 1915 | |
| 1916 | Justice Party | C. Natesa Mudaliar T. M. Nair Theagaraya Chetty E V Ramaswami | Tamilnadu South Indian Liberal Federation |
| 1918 | Madras Labour Union | B.P. Wadia | 1st registered Union |
| 1919 | Indian National Liberal Federation (Liberal Party) | S N Banarjea Tej Bahadur Sapru V. S. Srinivasa Sastri M. R. Jayakar. | |
| 1919 | Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind | Sanaullah Amritsari, Kifayatullah Dehlawi, Abdul Bari Firangi Mahali, Muhammad Ibrahim Mir Sialkoti | belongs to the Deobandi school of thought in India. |
| 1920 | All India Trade Union Congress | President – Lala Lajpat Rai N M Joshi Joseph Baptista | Bombay |
| Majoor Mahajan Sangh (Ahmedabad Textile Labour Association) | Mahatma Gandhi Anasuya Sarabhai | After Ahmedabad Mill Strike | |
| Shiromani Akali Dal | Sarmukh Singh Chubbal Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee | Akali Movement Sikh Gurdwara Bill (1925) | |
| 1920 | Awadh (Oudh) Kisan sabha | Baba Ramchandra Jawaharlal Nehru | Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh |
| 1921 | Servants of the People Society | Lala Lajpat Rai | Lahore to create missionary social worker freedom fighter |
| 1922 | Bhil Seva Mandal | Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Thakkar Bapa) | for upliftment of tribal people in Gujarat |
| 1922 | Jat Pat Torak Mandal | Bhai Paramanand | |
| 1923 | Swaraj Party | C R Das Motilal Neheru | took part in election 1923, 1926 |
| 1924 | Hindustan Republican Association | Sachin Sanyal Jogesh Chandra | |
| Indian Independence League | Rashbehari Bose | Japan | |
| Bahishkrit Hitkarnini Sabha | BR Ambedkar | Bombay | |
| 1925 | Communist Party of India | M. N. Roy Abani Mukherji M. P. T. Acharya | Tashkent |
| Labour Swaraj Party (Workers and Peasants Party) | Kazi Nazrul Islam, Hemanta Kumar Sarkar Qutubuddin Ahmad Shamsuddin Hussain | Bengal | |
| RSS | K B Hodgewan | Nagpur | |
| 1927 | All India State People Conference | Balwant Rai Mehta | Princely States organization, Bombay |
| FICCI | G D Birla Purshottamdas Thakurdas | Industry Federation Established on the advice of Gandhiji | |
| 1928 | Indian Youth Congress | ||
| Independence for India League | J L Nehru Netaji – Secretaries Srinivasa Iyengar -President | It was formed to oppose Nehru Report | |
| Hindustan Socialist Republican Army | Bhagat Singh | ||
| 1929 | Nikhil Banga Praja Samiti (Krishak Sramik Party) | A. K. Fazlul Huq Abdur Rahim | Bengal 1936, changed name to Krishak Praja Party Contested in 1937 election |
| Indian Trade Union Federation | N M Joshi | ||
| Khudai Khidmatgar (Red Shirts) | Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan | N-W Frontier Province non-violence | |
| 1930 | Indian Republican Army | Surya Sen | Chittagong, Bangladesh |
Political Associations after 1930 to Independence
| Year | Organization | Founder | Place / Remakes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1932 | Harijan Sevak Sangh | M K Gandhi G.D. Birla – President Amritlal Takkar – Secretary | Result of Poona Pact |
| 1934 | Congress Socialist Party | Narendra Dev Jay Prakas Narayan | Patna |
| Revolutionary Communist Party | Saumyendranath Tagore | ||
| 1935 | Indian History Congress | Datto Vaman Potdar Surendra Nath Sen | Pune |
| 1936 | All India Kishan Sabha | Swami Sahajananda | Lucknow |
| Independent Labour Party | B R Ambedkar | ||
| 1938 | Hindustan Mazdoor Sevak Sangh | Vallabhbhai Patel Secretary – G L Nanda | Ahmedabad |
| 1939 | Forward Bloc | S. C. Bose | Unnao, Uttar Pradesh |
| 1940 | Radical Democratic Party | M. N. Roy | Political party |
| 1942 | Free Indian Legion | Bose | Germany |
| All India Scheduled Castes Federation | B R Ambedkar | ||
| Indian National Army | Mohan Singh | Singapore | |
| 1948 | Bharatiya Adimjati Sevak Sangh | Amritlal Vithaldas Thakkar (Dr. Rajendra Prasad: Founder-President) | Delhi |
Women Associations
| Year | Organisation | Founder | Place / Remakes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1882 | Arya Mahila Samaj | Pandita Ramabai | Pune |
| 1886 | Sakhi Samiti (Women’s Friendship League) | Swarnakumari Debi | Kolkata |
| 1900 | Stri Zarothoshti Mandal | Bombay | |
| 1906 | Tamil Madhar Sangam | 1st meet in Kanchipuram, 1907 | |
| 1910 | Bharat Stree Mahamandal | Sarala Devi Chaudhurani | Allahabad Promote female education |
| 1910 | Andhra Mahila Sabha | Rajya Lakshmi | |
| 1915 | Anjuman-e-Khawatin-e-Islam | ||
| 1917 | Women’s Indian Association | Annie Besant Margret Cousins | |
| 1925 | National Council of Women in India | Mehribai Tata | |
| 1927 | All India Women’s Conference | Margret Cousins | Pune Fergusson College Hall |
| 1928 | Mahila Rashtriya Sangha | Latika Bose | |
| 1930 | Rashtriya Stree Sangha | Sarojini Naidu |