Lord Dufferin, who was the Viceroy of India from 1884 to 1888, initially viewed the formation of the Indian National Congress in 1885 favorably. However, his attitude changed over time, and he eventually dismissed the Congress as representing only a "microscopic minority" of the Indian population.
Who denounced the Congress as ‘microscopic minority’?
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