Volume : 3, Issue : 6, June - 2014

Emergence and Development of the Indian National Congress

Madan Mohan Mandal

Abstract :

The National Congress was founded in 1885 by Allan Octavian Hume. The Indian National Congress abeviated INC and commonly known as the Congress is one of the two major political parties in India. It is the largest and oldest democratically–opening political parties in the world.The party`s modern liberal platform is largely considered to be on the Centre left of the Indian political spectrum.Next time the Indian National Congress became pivotal participant in the Indian Independence Movement. After independence in 1947, the congress has won an outright majority on six occasions and has led the ruling coalition a further four times, heading and central government for a total of 49 years.