Congress

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Congress is a major Indian political party, historically associated with the country’s independence movement and long periods of governance after 1947.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political party
abbreviation INC
allianceMembership United Progressive Alliance
country India
electoralCommissionStatus national party in India
foundedBy Allan Octavian Hume
Dadabhai Naoroji
Dinshaw Wacha
governedCountry India
governedPeriod long periods after 1947
hasStudentWing National Students' Union of India
hasWing Seva Dal
hasWomenWing All India Mahila Congress
hasYouthWing Indian Youth Congress
headquartersLocation New Delhi
historicalStatus dominant party in Indian politics for decades after independence
ideology Indian nationalism
centre-left politics
secularism
social democracy
involvedIn Indian independence movement
languageOfName English
nativeName Indian National Congress
nativeNameLanguage en
notableLeader Indira Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mahatma Gandhi
Manmohan Singh
P. V. Narasimha Rao
Rahul Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
Sonia Gandhi
Subhas Chandra Bose
Vallabhbhai Patel NERFINISHED
opposes Bharatiya Janata Party
participatesIn Indian general elections
partyColor tricolour (saffron, white, green)
partySymbol right hand with palm facing front
politicalPosition centre-left
producedOfficeHolder Prime Minister of India
roleInHistory leading organization in the Indian independence movement
shortName Congress NERFINISHED
supportsPolicy mixed economy
welfare state
supportsPrinciple federalism in India
parliamentary democracy

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Indian National Congress
Indian National Congress
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