indian national congress Political party

The Indian National Congress (About this soundpronunciation (help·info)) (INC, often called the Congress Party or simply Congress) is a broadly based political party in India.[15] Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa.[a][16] 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.[17] Congress led India to independence from Great Britain,[b][18][c][19] and powerfully influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire.[d][16] Congress is a secular party whose social democratic platform is generally considered to be on the centre-left of Indian politics.[20] 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 marginalise...