Bangabhasha Prakasika Sabha (1836)
- Founded by Raja Rammohan Roy.
- Objectives
- Liberty of press
- Indianisation of services
- Codification of laws
Landholders Society/ Zamindari Association (1838)
- Founded by Dwarkanath Tagore.
- Objective – Safeguarding the interest of landlords.
British India Society (1839)
- Founded by William Adams.
- Objective – To draw attention to the despotic character of the company’s administration.
Bengal British India Society (1843)
- Founded by George Thomas.
- Objective – Collection and dissemination of information about the condition of people under colonial rule.
British India Association (1851)
- Formed by the merger of the Zamindari Association and Bengal British India Society.
- Founded by Radha Kant Deb.
- Objectives
- Safeguarding class interest.
- Sending a petition to the government.
Bombay Association (1852)
- Founded by Jagannath Shankar Seth.
- Objective – Ensured representation of Indians in the council.
East India Association (1866)
- Founded by Dadabhai Naoroji in London.
- Objective – To discuss the problems and questions related to India and to influence the British leaders towards the development of India.
Poona Sarvajanik Sabha (1867)
- Founded by Mahadev Govind Ranade.
- Objective – Serving as a bridge between the Government and the people.
India League (1875)
- Founded by Sisir Kumar Ghosh.
- Objective – To instill the feeling of Nationalism amongst the people.
Indian Association of Calcutta (1876)
- Founded by Surendranath Banerjee and Anand Mohan Bose.
- Objectives
- Protested against the reduction of the age limit in 1877 for candidates of the Indian Civil Service examination.
- Demanded simultaneously holding of examinations in India and England.
- Reduce defence expenditure.
- Increase Indian representation in the legislative council.
- Freedom to the Indian press.
- Merged with the Indian National Congress in 1886.
Madras Mahajan Sabha (1884)
- Established by Viraraghavachari, P. Anandacharlu and B. Subramaniya Aiyer.
- Objectives – Coordinated the activities of local associations.
Bombay Presidency Association (1885)
- Founded by Pherozeshah Mehta, K.T. Telang, and Badruddin Tyabji.
- Objective – Unite Indian masses against the reactionary policies of Lord Lytton.