write five statistics of Indian Congress
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Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa.[a][17] 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.[18] Congress led India to independence from Great Britain,[b][19][c][20] and powerfully influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire.[d][17]
Indian National Congress
Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg
Abbreviation
INC
President
vacant
Parliamentary Chairperson
Sonia Gandhi[1]
Lok Sabha leader
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury [2]
Rajya Sabha leader
Ghulam Nabi Azad
(Leader of the Opposition)[3]
Former Prime Minister(s)
Jawaharlal Nehru
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Indira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
P. V. Narasimha Rao
Manmohan Singh
Founder
Allan Octavian Hume
Dadabhai Naoroji
Dinshaw Wacha
Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee
Founded
28 December 1885 (133 years ago)
Headquarters
24, Akbar Road, New Delhi-110001[4]
Newspaper
Congress Sandesh
Student wing
National Students Union of India
Youth wing
Indian Youth Congress
Women's wing
All India Mahila Congress
Labour wing
Indian National Trade Union Congress
Minority wing
Minority Congress
Membership
c. 20–40 million[5]
Ideology
Social democracy[6][7]
Democratic socialism[6][7]
Indian nationalism[7][6]
Social liberalism[6]
Secularism[8][6]
Progressivism[7]
Gandhian socialism[6][7]
Political position
Centre-left[9]
International affiliation
Progressive Alliance[10]
Socialist International[11]
Colours
Sky blue[12][13]
ECI Status
National Party[14]
Alliance
United Progressive Alliance (UPA)
Seats in Lok Sabha
52 / 545
(currently 541 members + 1 speaker)
Seats in Rajya Sabha
48 / 245
(currently 238 members)[15]
Number of states and union territories in government
6 / 31
Election symbol
Hand INC.svg
Party flag
Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg
Website
www.inc.in Edit this at Wikidata
Politics of India
Political parties
Elections
Congress is a secular party whose social democratic platform is generally considered to be on the centre-left of Indian politics.[21] Congress' social policy is based upon the Gandhian principle of Sarvodaya—the lifting up of all sections of society—which involves the improvement of the lives of economically underprivileged and socially marginalised people.[22][23] The party primarily endorses social democracy—seeking to balance individual liberty and social justice, welfare and secularism—asserting the right to be free from religious rule and teachings.[citation needed] Its constitution states democractic socialism to be its ideal.[24]
After India's independence in 1947, Congress formed the central government of India, and many regional state governments.[25] 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 (1947–1964), and the most recent Manmohan Singh (2004–2014). Although it did not fare well in the last general elections in India in 2014, it remains one of two major, nationwide, political parties in India, along with the right-wing, Hindu nationalist, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[e][26] In the 2014 general election, Congress had its poorest post-independence general election performance, winning only 44 seats of the 543-member Lok Sabha.