Malaysian Indian Congress

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The Malaysian Indian Congress is a major political party in Malaysia that primarily represents the interests of the Indian community and is a longstanding component of the Barisan Nasional coalition.

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Malaysian Indian Congress canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Malaysian political party
political party
allianceRole component party of Barisan Nasional
associatedEthnicGroup Indian Malaysians
coalitionMemberOf Barisan Nasional
country Malaysia
electoralSymbol key
focusesOn cultural rights of Malaysian Indians
economic welfare of Malaysian Indians
education issues of Malaysian Indians
foundedIn British Malaya
founder John A. Thivy
K. L. Devaser
K. Ramanathan
foundingDate 1946-08-08
hasMembershipBase Tamil community in Malaysia
other South Asian communities in Malaysia
hasWing MIC Wanita
MIC Youth
Putera MIC
Puteri MIC
headquartersCountry Malaysia
headquartersLocation Kuala Lumpur
historicalRole participant in the independence movement of Malaya
ideology communitarianism
conservatism
languageOfName English
legislativeFocus Parliament of Malaysia
surface form: Malaysian Parliament
nativeName Kongres India Se-Malaysia
nativeNameLanguage Malay
notableLeader G. Palanivel
S. A. Vigneswaran
S. Samy Vellu
S. Subramaniam
V. T. Sambanthan
operatesWithinSystem Malaysian parliamentary democracy
partyColour blue
green
yellow
politicalPosition centre-right
predecessor Central Indian Association of Malaya
previousCoalitionMemberOf Alliance Party
represents Indian community in Malaysia
Malaysians of Indian origin
shortName MIC
stateLevelActivity all Malaysian states except Sarawak

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Indian Malaysians associatedPoliticalParty Malaysian Indian Congress
Malaysian Chinese Association coalitionPartner Malaysian Indian Congress