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Information about indian national congress

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Indian National Congress

Not to be confused with Indian National Congress (Organisation).

The Indian National Congress ( pronunciation ) (INC, often called Congress) is a broad-based political party in India. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa.[a][11] From the late 19th-century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement, with over 15 million members and over 70 million participants.[12]The Congress led India to independence from Great Britain,[b][13][c][14] and powerfully influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire.[d][11]

Indian National Congress

PresidentRahul GandhiParliamentary ChairpersonSonia Gandhi[1]Lok Sabha leaderMallikarjun KhargeRajya Sabha leaderGhulam Nabi Azad(Leader of the Opposition)FounderAllan Octavian Hume
Dadabhai Naoroji
Dinshaw WachaFounded28 December 1885 (131 years ago)Headquarters24, Akbar Road, New Delhi 110001NewspaperCongress SandeshStudent wingNational Students Union of IndiaYouth wingIndian Youth CongressWomen's wingAll India Mahila CongressLabour wingIndian National Trade Union CongressMinority wingMinority CongressMembershipc. 20 million[2]IdeologySocial democracy
Democratic socialism
Social liberalism
Indian nationalism
Gandhian socialism
Secularism
ProgressivismPolitical positionCentre-left[3]International affiliationProgressive Alliance[4]
Socialist International[5]Colours     Sky blue[6][7]ECI StatusNational Party[8]AllianceUnited Progressive Alliance (UPA)Seats in Lok Sabha

46 / 545

[9] (currently 543members + 1 Speaker)Seats in Rajya Sabha

57 / 245

[10] (currently 244members)Election symbol