Indian National Congress

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The Indian National Congress is a major Indian political party that led the country’s independence movement against British rule and has played a central role in its post-independence politics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian political party
national political party
political party
abbreviation INC
alsoKnownAs Congress
Indian National Congress
surface form: Congress Party
associatedWithFamily Jawaharlal Nehru
surface form: Nehru–Gandhi family
country India
firstPrimeMinisterFromParty Jawaharlal Nehru
formedGovernmentIn India
foundedIn Mumbai
surface form: Bombay

British India
foundedOn 1885-12-28
founder Allan Octavian Hume
Dadabhai Naoroji
Dinshaw Edulji Wacha
governedPeriod 1947-1952
1952-1957
1957-1962
1962-1967
1967-1977
1980-1989
1991-1996
2004-2014
hasAlliance Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance
headquarters 24 Akbar Road, New Delhi
ideology Indian nationalism
big tent politics
secularism
social democracy
labourWing Indian National Trade Union Congress
language English
Hindi
ledBy Indira Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Sonia Gandhi
Subhas Chandra Bose
opposed British colonial rule in India
participatedIn Constituent Assembly of India
partyColour tricolour
partySymbol open palm
right hand
peasantWing Bharatiya Kisan Congress
playedRoleIn Indian independence movement
politicalPosition centre-left
studentsWing National Students Union of India
womenWing All India Mahila Congress
youthWing Indian Youth Congress

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Bal Gangadhar Tilak memberOf Indian National Congress
Dadabhai Naoroji memberOf Indian National Congress
Dinshaw Edulji Wacha memberOf Indian National Congress
Ela Bhatt memberOf Indian National Congress
Gopal Krishna Gokhale memberOf Indian National Congress
J. B. Kripalani memberOf Indian National Congress
Jayaprakash Narayan memberOf Indian National Congress
Kamala Nehru memberOf Indian National Congress
Lala Lajpat Rai memberOf Indian National Congress
Mahadev Desai memberOf Indian National Congress
Muhammad Ali Jinnah memberOf Indian National Congress
P. Chidambaram memberOf Indian National Congress
Rahul Gandhi memberOf Indian National Congress
Ram Manohar Lohia memberOf Indian National Congress
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel memberOf Indian National Congress
Iron Man of India memberOf Indian National Congress
subject surface form: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Sonia Gandhi memberOf Indian National Congress
Subhas Chandra Bose memberOf Indian National Congress
Netaji memberOf Indian National Congress
subject surface form: Subhas Chandra Bose
Surendranath Banerjee memberOf Indian National Congress
Dahyabhai Patel memberOfPoliticalParty Indian National Congress
Motilal Nehru memberOfPoliticalParty Indian National Congress
R. Venkataraman memberOfPoliticalParty Indian National Congress
Rajendra Prasad memberOfPoliticalParty Indian National Congress
Sanjay Gandhi memberOfPoliticalParty Indian National Congress
Sucheta Kriplani memberOfPoliticalParty Indian National Congress
T. T. Krishnamachari memberOfPoliticalParty Indian National Congress
Surendranath Banerjee mergedInto Indian National Congress
Gandhi–Irwin Pact movementRepresentedBy Indian National Congress
Congress nativeName Indian National Congress
subject surface form: Indian National Congress
Muhammad Ali Jinnah negotiatedWith Indian National Congress
this entity surface form: Indian National Congress leaders
Round Table Conferences notableAbsence Indian National Congress
subject surface form: First Round Table Conference
Round Table Conferences notableAbsence Indian National Congress
subject surface form: Third Round Table Conference
24 Akbar Road, New Delhi occupant Indian National Congress
British salt monopoly opposedBy Indian National Congress
Direct Action Day opposedBy Indian National Congress
Hunter Commission opposedBy Indian National Congress
Lahore Resolution opposedBy Indian National Congress
this entity surface form: Indian National Congress leaders
Partition of Bengal 1905 opposedBy Indian National Congress
Rowlatt Act opposedBy Indian National Congress
Simon Commission opposedBy Indian National Congress
All India Muslim League opposedParty Indian National Congress
Hindu Rashtra Dal opposes Indian National Congress
Indian independence movement organization Indian National Congress
August Kranti organizedBy Indian National Congress
Civil Disobedience Movement organizedBy Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress movement organizedBy Indian National Congress
Non-Cooperation Movement organizedBy Indian National Congress