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Indian national congress

Indian National Congress
President Sonia Gandhi
Parliamentary Chairperson Sonia Gandhi
Lok Sabha leader Mallikarjun Kharge
Rajya Sabha leader Ghulam Nabi Azad
Founded 28 December 1885 (131 years ago) (1885-12-28)
Headquarters 24, Akbar Road, New Delhi 110001
Newspaper Congress Sandesh
Student wing National Students Union of India
Youth wing Indian Youth Congress
Women's wing Mahila Congress
Labour wing Indian National Trade Union Congress
Membership c. 20 million
Ideology Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Social liberalism
Gandhian socialism
Secularism
Political position Centre-left
International affiliation Progressive Alliance
Socialist International
Colours      Sky blue
ECI Status National Party
Alliance United Progressive Alliance (UPA)
Seats in Lok Sabha
45 / 545
(currently 543 members + 1 Speaker)
Seats in Rajya Sabha
60 / 245
(currently 244 members)
Election symbol
Hand INC.svg
Website
www.inc.in

The Indian National Congress (About this sound pronunciation ) (INC, often called Congress), is one of two major political parties in India; the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Congress was founded in 1885 during the British Raj; its founders include Allan Octavian Hume (a prominent member of the Theosophical Society), Dadabhai Naoroji and Dinshaw Wacha. In the late nineteenth and early to mid-twentieth centuries, Congress became a pivotal participant in the Indian independence movement, with over 15 million members and over 70 million participants in its opposition to British colonial rule in India.

After independence in 1947, Congress became India's dominant political party; as of 2015, in the 15 general elections since independence, it has won an outright majority on six occasions and has led the ruling coalition a further four times, heading the central government for 49 years. There have been seven Congress Prime Ministers, the first being Jawaharlal Nehru (1947–64), and the most recent Manmohan Singh (2004–14). The party's social liberal platform is generally considered to be on the centre-left of Indian politics.


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