UPPSC 2018 General Studies I Solved Paper

(a) In year 1887, Lord Dufferin attacked the Congress in a public speech and ridiculed it as representing only a microscopic minority of the people. Realising that the growing unity of the Indian people posed a major threat to their rule, the British authorities also pushed further the policy of divide and rule. They encouraged Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan and other pro-British individuals to start anti-Congress movement.