HUME, ALLAN OCTAVIAN English orni thologist and Indian administrator, son of Joseph Hume (q.v.), was born on June 6, 1829 and educated at Haileybury and London University. Entering the Indian civil service in 1849 he had a distinguished career in India. After his retirement in 1882 he devoted himself to furthering the aspirations of Indians. The Indian National Congress (see INDIA: History), which held its first session at Bombay in i885, owes its existence to his exer tions. He was the author of several works on ornithology, and presented his collections to the British Museum. He died at Norwood on July 31, 1912.
See W. Wedderburn, Allan Octavian Hume C.B.; Father of the Indian National Congress (1913) Allan O. Hume: a Sketch of his Life and Services to India (1912) ; and H. V. Lovett, A History of the Indian Nationalist Movement (1920).