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Wikipedia: The Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress, and abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. Founded in 1885 by Allan Octavian Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji, Dinshaw Wacha, Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee, Surendranath Banerjee, Monomohun Ghose, Mahadev Govind Ranade and William Wedderburn, the Indian National Congress became the leader of the Indian Independence Movement, with over 15 million members and over 70 million participants in its struggle against British rule in India. After independence in 1947, it became the nation's dominant political party, led by the Nehru-Gandhi family for the most part, major challenges for party leadership have only recently formed.
![[A Congress rally in New Delhi.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Congressrallydelhi_2891_29_s.jpg "A Congress rally in New Delhi.")
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![[Mahatma Gandhi, President of Congress party during 1924]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Gandhi_1929_s.jpg "Mahatma Gandhi, President of Congress party during 1924")
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![[Indira Gandhi, thrice Prime Minister of India.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Indira_Gandhi_1966_s.jpg "Indira Gandhi, thrice Prime Minister of India.")
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