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Congress party: see Indian National Congress Indian National Congress, Indian political party, founded in 1885. Its founding members proposed economic reforms and wanted a larger role in the making of British policy for India. ..... Click the link for more information. . Indian National Congressor Congress PartyBroadly based political party of India, founded in 1885. The Congress Party was a moderate reform party until 1917, when it was taken over by its “extremist” Home Rule wing (see Bal Gangadhar Tilak). In the 1920s and '30s, under Mohandas K. Gandhi, it promoted noncooperation to protest the feebleness of the constitutional reforms of 1919. During World War II, the party announced that India would not support the war until granted complete independence. In 1947 an Indian independence bill became law, and in 1950 the constitution took effect. Jawaharlal Nehru dominated the party from 1951 to 1964. The Indian National Congress formed most of India's governments from 1947 to 1996, but at the end of the 20th century, its support plummeted. After several years out of power, it returned to government in 2004. |
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A year ago, on March 9, 2006, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Congress Party government appointed a committee headed by former Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court Rajinder Sachar to report on the status of India's minorities, with special reference to Muslims. The ruling Congress Party promised that a law providing for compensation for victims, speedier investigation to identify perpetrators, and harsher punishments will be presented to Parliament. Even when intraparty competition was vigorous in the Congress Party, from the 1920s to the early 1970s, and some middle-caste groups had considerable social power, these castes were underrepresented in the party leadership in many states. |
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