List of presidents of the Indian National Congress - Wikipedia
WEBA total of 61 people have served as the president of the Indian National Congress since its formation. [11] Sonia Gandhi is the longest serving president of the party, having held the office for over twenty years from 1998 to 2017 and from 2019 to 2022.
Indian National Congress - Wikipedia
WEBThere have been six prime ministers from the Congress party, the first being Jawaharlal Nehru (1947–1964), and the most recent being Manmohan Singh (2004–2014). Since the 1990s, the Bharatiya Janata Party has emerged as the main rival of the Congress in both national and regional politics.
Indian National Congress | History, Ideology, & Facts | Britannica
WEB6 days ago · He was succeeded as party leader by P.V. Narasimha Rao, who was elected prime minister in June 1991. Indian National Congress, broadly based political party of India. Formed in 1885, the Indian National Congress dominated the Indian movement for independence from Great Britain.
History of the Indian National Congress - Wikipedia
WEBOn 28 December 1885, the Indian National Congress was founded at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay, with 72 delegates in attendance. Hume assumed office as the General Secretary, and Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee of Calcutta was elected president.
Indian National Congress - Encyclopedia.com
WEBMay 18, 2018 · Under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru, India ’ s first prime minister (1947 – 1964), it retained the character of an eclectic political organization with a wide range of positions. The Congress controlled 70 percent of seats in parliament and held power in most states between 1951 and 1967.
Indian National Congress: From 1885 till 2017, a brief history of …
WEBDec 4, 2017 · Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Anand Sharma during the VP Election at the Parliament house. Express photo by Prem Nath Pandey. The Indian National Congress is all set to welcome its new president, nearly two decades after Sonia Gandhi was elected to the post.
Indian National Congress summary | Britannica
WEBVallabhbhai Patel Summary. Vallabhbhai Patel was an Indian barrister and statesman, one of the leaders of the Indian National Congress during the struggle for Indian independence. During the first three years of Indian independence after 1947, he served as deputy prime minister, minister of home affairs, minister of.
On Congress Foundation Day, a brief history of the INC
WEBOn December 28, 1885, 72 social reformers, journalists and lawyers congregated for the first session of the Indian National Congress at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College, Bombay. Allan Octavian Hume, Father of the Indian National Congress, with his signature.
Indian National Congress - Grand Old Party Of India (1885
WEBOrigins of the Indian National Congress. The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by a retired British civil servant, Allan Octavian Hume, along with other prominent Indian leaders like Dadabhai Naoroji and Dinshaw Wacha.
Nonviolence, Indian Independence, Satyagraha - Britannica
WEB4 days ago · in Mahatma Gandhi in Return to India. Also known as: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. Written by. B.R. Nanda. Former Director, Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi. Author of Mahatma Gandhi: A Biography and others. B.R. Nanda. Fact-checked by. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica.