Gujaratis played a major role in the establishment of the Indian National Congress

 Gujaratis played a major role in the establishment of the Indian National Congress

 Its leader is Ramanbhai Nilkanth, Dr.  Benjamin, Harilal Desaibhai and lawyer Govindrao Patil. She used to draw the attention of the government to the questions of the people through Saba petitions. Swadeshi propaganda in Gujarat started from the late nineteenth century. In 1876, Ambalal Sakarlal Desai established the Swadeshi Udyogvardhak Mandali in Ahmedabad. Its other leaders were Ranchodlal Chhotalal, Premabhai Himabhai, Manibhai Jashbhai etc. Gujaratis played a major role in the establishment of the Indian National Congress in Mumbai in December 1885. The first session of the General Assembly was held at the Gokaldas Tejpal Sanskrit Pathshala in Mumbai. 

 Most of the delegates from Surat, 3 from Ahmedabad, 1 from Viramgam and 18 from Mumbai were Gujarati.  Leading Gujaratis in the Congress are Dadabhai Navroji, Feroze Shah Mehta, Dinsha Vachcha, Dr. Hari Harshad Dhruv, Ambalal Sakarlal Desai etc. It was thanks to the Gujarat Sabha that the Congress convened in Ahmedabad in 1902. His reception committee was chaired by Ambalal Sakarlal Desai. 

 The convention spread national awareness among the people of Ahmedabad. In 1903, Swadeshi was promoted by the Swadeshi Vastu Sanrakshak Mandali in Ahmedabad. After the Swadeshi movement started in Bengal in 1905, 'Swadeshi Mitramandal' was established. He published 'Swadeshi Kirtan Sangraha'. In a meeting held in 1906 at a house on Gandhi Marg in Ahmedabad about the Swadeshi movement, about 50 students were also Bengalis. For the first time, a Gujarati version of the song 'Vande Mataram' was sung. At that meeting, Barrister Jivanlal Desai praised the passion of the Bengalis in the movement.

 In 1909, Swadeshi Mitramandal started Swadeshi Store in Ahmedabad. It was managed by Kripashankar Pandit. When the Congress convened in Surat in 1907, Tribhovandas Malvi was the chairman of the reception committee.  In it, Professor T.K. Gajjar made efforts to unite the Mawal and Jahal groups. The inspiration for the armed revolution in Gujarat came from Professor Arvind Ghosh of Vadodara College.

21 At this time Kutchi-Gujarati Shyamji Krishnavarma started a monthly called 'The Indian Sociologist' in London in 1905 and started the revolutionary movement for India's independence by founding 'The Indian Home Rule Society'. Sardar Singh Rana of Limbdi and Madam Bhikhaiji Kama were also propagating revolutionary activities in Paris. 

 Narasimhabhai Ishwarbhai Patel of Kheda district translated the Bengali book 'Mukti Kaun Pather' into Gujarati and published it under the names 'Herbal Medicines', 'History of Yadukul' etc. It describes ways to make bombs.  Mohanlal Kameshwar Pandya of Kathlal and lawyer Punjabhai Bhatt, Bechardas Pandit of Valabhipur, Makanji Desai, Kripashankar Pandit etc. were active in this activity.  On November 13, 1909, two bombs were dropped on the buggy of Viceroy Lord Minto passing through Raipur Darwaza Baha in Ahmedabad.  

The seated lord worker died. Lady Minto survived, but a subsequent bombing prevented the government from capturing one of the revolutionaries involved.  In 1929, a bomb exploded in a tailor's house in Ahmedabad.  Chemicals collected to blow up two foreign textile shops in Ahmedabad in 1933 were found in a house.  In Ahmedabad, the theosophist Maganbhai Chaturbhai Patel established a branch of Anne Besant's Home Rule League in October, 1916.  Branches of Home Rule League were established at Nadiad, Surat, Umreth, Bharuch, Godhra etc.  86 branches of Home Rule League were established in Kheda district.

  Meetings were held in the villages around Ahmedabad to promote Home Rule (Swaraj).  To promote Home Rule in Gujarat, the editor of 'Bombay Conical' B.G.  Leaders like Horniman, Jamnadas Dwarkadas, Kanaiyalal Munshi etc. used to go to the cities of Gujarat and give speeches. Anne Besant traveled to Gujarat in February-March, 1918 and organized meetings in Bhavnagar, Ahmedabad and Bharuch.  In Mumbai, Jamnadas Dwarkadas, Kanaiyalal Munshi, Chandrashankar Narmadashankar Pandya, Shankarlal Banker, Mansukhram Master, Ratanji Seth etc. were the leaders of Gujaratis Home Rule League.