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Also Known As Congress (I) Party • Congress Party • All-India Congress Party • Indian National Congress-Indira
Date 1885 - present
Areas Of Involvement national liberation movement
Related People Mahatma Gandhi • Jawaharlal Nehru • Mohammed Ali Jinnah • Priyanka Gandhi Vadra • Indira Gandhi • Bal Gangadhar Tilak • Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan • Vallabhbhai Patel • Subhas Chandra Bose • Palaniappan Chidambaram • Parkash Singh Badal • Jivatram Bhagwandas Kripalani • Kumaraswami Kamaraj • Mani Shankar Aiyar • Shashi Tharoor

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  • The Congress Party has had numerous major corruption scandals (as has the party's opponent, the Bharatiya Janata Party).
  • The prominent Gandhi family of the Congress Party is not related to Mahatma Gandhi.

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Mahatma Gandhi and Sarojini Naidu on the Salt March
Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Harry S. Truman
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