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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subject surface form: Phulpur (Lok Sabha constituency)
Aruna Asaf Ali Marg in New Delhi named after her memberOf Indian National Congress
subject surface form: Aruna Asaf Ali
August Kranti Maidan politicalAssociation Indian National Congress
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subject surface form: August Kranti Maidan
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Gowalia Tank Maidan associatedWith Indian National Congress
Madhavrao Scindia memberOf Indian National Congress
Madhavrao Scindia politicalParty Indian National Congress
Chaudhary Charan Singh politicalParty Indian National Congress
Nandan Nilekani memberOfPoliticalParty Indian National Congress
Nandan Nilekani – Non-executive Chairman memberOf Indian National Congress
subject surface form: Nandan Nilekani
Ali brothers collaboratedWith Indian National Congress
Khilafat movement ally Indian National Congress
C. Vijayaraghavachariar memberOf Indian National Congress
Kripalani politicalParty Indian National Congress
subject surface form: J. B. Kripalani
Hakim Ajmal Khan memberOf Indian National Congress
Chauri Chaura Shaheed Smarak associatedWith Indian National Congress
this entity surface form: Indian National Congress (historical context)
Anugrah Babu memberOfPoliticalParty Indian National Congress
subject surface form: Anugrah Narayan Sinha
Surat Split involvedOrganization Indian National Congress
Lahore Session of 1929 organizedBy Indian National Congress
Lahore Session of 1929 politicalParty Indian National Congress
autobiography "My Times" about Indian National Congress
subject surface form: My Times
Salt Act opposedBy Indian National Congress
Pranab Mukherjee memberOf Indian National Congress
Pranab Mukherjee politicalParty Indian National Congress
Ahmed Patel memberOfPoliticalParty Indian National Congress
Ahmed Patel politicalParty Indian National Congress
Ahmed Patel alliedWith Indian National Congress
this entity surface form: Indian National Congress leadership
Devi Lal politicalParty Indian National Congress
Chaudhary Devi Lal memberOfPoliticalParty Indian National Congress
Madan Mohan Malaviya politicalParty Indian National Congress
Deshbandhu memberOfPoliticalParty Indian National Congress
subject surface form: Chittaranjan Das
Swaraj Party parentOrganization Indian National Congress
Swaraj Party alliedWith Indian National Congress
Swaraj Party mergedInto Indian National Congress
Basanti Devi associatedWith Indian National Congress
Bengal Provincial Congress Committee partOf Indian National Congress
Bengal Provincial Congress Committee affiliation Indian National Congress
Bengal Provincial Congress Committee subdivisionOf Indian National Congress
this entity surface form: All India Congress Committee
Mani Bahen politicalParty Indian National Congress
Chittaranjan politicalParty Indian National Congress
subject surface form: Chittaranjan Das
Seva Dal affiliatedWith Indian National Congress
Vijay Mallya politicalAffiliation Indian National Congress