Moderates were active from 1885 to 1905 in the INC. They had full faith in the British Crown. They believed in the settlement with the British Government and refrained themselves from agitation, sedition, and all kind of violence. Some of the famous moderate leaders are Dadabhai Naoroji, Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, Surendranath Banerjee.