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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Quit India movement organizedBy Indian National Congress
Salt March organizedBy Indian National Congress
All India Mahila Congress parentOrganization Indian National Congress
Bharatiya Kisan Congress parentOrganization Indian National Congress
Indian Youth Congress parentOrganization Indian National Congress
National Students Union of India parentOrganization Indian National Congress
partition of Assam participant Indian National Congress
subject surface form: Partition of Assam
Round Table Conferences participant Indian National Congress
this entity surface form: Indian National Congress (partially)
Rowlatt Satyagraha participant Indian National Congress
Swadeshi movement participant Indian National Congress
Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan politicalAffiliation Indian National Congress
Bharatiya Kisan Congress politicalAlignment Indian National Congress
Maniben Patel politicalAlignment Indian National Congress
Swarup Rani Thussu politicalAlignment Indian National Congress
Young India politicalAlignment Indian National Congress
Vande Mataram politicalAssociation Indian National Congress
The Discovery of India politicalContext Indian National Congress
this entity surface form: Indian National Congress leadership
open palm politicalIdeologyAssociatedWith Indian National Congress
24 Akbar Road, New Delhi politicalParty Indian National Congress
C. R. Das politicalParty Indian National Congress
C. Rajagopalachari politicalParty Indian National Congress
Indira Gandhi politicalParty Indian National Congress
Jawaharlal Nehru politicalParty Indian National Congress
Mahatma Gandhi politicalParty Indian National Congress
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad politicalParty Indian National Congress
P. Chidambaram politicalParty Indian National Congress
Rahul Gandhi politicalParty Indian National Congress
Rajiv Gandhi politicalParty Indian National Congress
Sanjay Gandhi politicalParty Indian National Congress
Sarojini Naidu politicalParty Indian National Congress
Sonia Gandhi politicalParty Indian National Congress
Constituent Assembly of India politicalPartyDominance Indian National Congress
Quit India movement proclaimedBy Indian National Congress
this entity surface form: All India Congress Committee
Independence Day (India) relatedTo Indian National Congress
Morley–Minto Reforms relatedTo Indian National Congress
open palm represents Indian National Congress
Bharatiya Kisan Congress sectoralWingOf Indian National Congress
24 Akbar Road, New Delhi servesAsHeadquartersOf Indian National Congress
Forward Bloc splitFrom Indian National Congress
open palm usedBy Indian National Congress