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Indian National Congress

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noun

  1. the official name for Congress

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Afterwards, Gandhi presided over waves of civil disobedience protests, encouraging supporters of the Indian National Congress to manufacture contraband salt, boycott foreign goods, and face down phalanxes of lathi-wielding policemen.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2025

The main opposition party, the Indian National Congress, governed for decades after the country’s independence in 1947, guided by the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty.

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2024

The Indian National Congress, India’s main opposition party, holds power in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 2, 2023

"The Indian National Congress has always believed that our country's fight against terrorism has to be uncompromising, especially when terrorism threatens India's sovereignty, unity and integrity."

From Reuters • Sep. 20, 2023

Nothing perhaps has tended more to alienate the sympathies of Englishmen from the political aspirations which the founders of the Indian National Congress were bent upon promoting than the subordination of social to political reforms.

From India, Old and New by Chirol, Valentine, Sir