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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this entity surface form: Indian Congress
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