At the inaugural session of the second annual conference of the Indian National Congress held in Calcutta (now Kolkata). Rabindranath sings the song – Amra milechhi aaj mayer dakey.
As a gesture of national integrity and goodwill towards the Muslims, the Association invited Nawab Mohammad Ali to preside over its second annual conference in Calcutta in December 1886. In the conference, the Indian Association expressed its solidarity and decided to merge with the Congress.