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A.O. Hume is credited with founding the Indian National Congress in 1885. Option "Lala Lajpat Rai" was an important leader but did not found the INC. Option "Bal Gangadhar Tilak" was a prominent freedom fighter but not the founder. Option "Mahatma Gandhi" was a later leader of the Congress, not the founder.