From its foundation on December 28,1885 by 72 individuals with the
active help by A.O Hume, a retired British officer, until the time of
independence of India on August 15, 1947, the Indian National Congress(INC)was considered to be the largest and most prominent Indian public organization, and central and defining influence of theIndian Independence Movement
Allan Octavian Hume founded the Indian National Congress (A political party of India (British India to Free India)) to form a platform for civic and political dialogue of educated Indians with theBritish Raj
On December 28 1885, the Indian National Congress was founded at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay, with 72 delegates in attendance.
A O Hume assumed office as the General Secretary and Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee of Calcutta was elected President
Besides Hume, two additional British members (both Scottish civil servants) were members of the founding group, William Wedderburn and Justice(Late Sir) John Jardine
The other members were mostly Hindus from the Bombay and Madras Presidencies
The last three years have probably been the toughest since the formation of the party on December 28, 1885.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah have been on a mission to wipe out the Congress.
Ever since the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, when the then Sonia Gandhi-led party was reduced to just 44 seats, the BJP has been trying to completely shunt the party.
The Congress is currently in power only in Puducherry, Punjab and poll-bound Karnataka, Meghalaya, Mizoram.
Together, these states account for just 45 of the 543 elective seats in the Lok Sabha.
On the other hand, the BJP has emerged as the dominant pole of Indian politics with 14 Chief Ministers and governments in 19 of the 29 states, including five with allies in J&K, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Nagaland.
The first glimmer of a fightback came early in 2017 when the Congress won Punjab. The success, however, was not attributed to the party, rather the leadership of Captain Amarinder Singh. The victory too was not over the BJP but the Akali Dal, which was heading the coalition with the former playing a junior party.
The tally will further dip if the party loses any of the three poll-bound states next year or is not able to make a mark in Nagaland, Tripura or BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.
Allan Octavian Hume founded the Indian National Congress (A political party of India (British India to Free India)) to form a platform for civic and political dialogue of educated Indians with theBritish Raj
On December 28 1885, the Indian National Congress was founded at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay, with 72 delegates in attendance.
A O Hume assumed office as the General Secretary and Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee of Calcutta was elected President
Besides Hume, two additional British members (both Scottish civil servants) were members of the founding group, William Wedderburn and Justice(Late Sir) John Jardine
The other members were mostly Hindus from the Bombay and Madras Presidencies
The last three years have probably been the toughest since the formation of the party on December 28, 1885.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah have been on a mission to wipe out the Congress.
Ever since the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, when the then Sonia Gandhi-led party was reduced to just 44 seats, the BJP has been trying to completely shunt the party.
The Congress is currently in power only in Puducherry, Punjab and poll-bound Karnataka, Meghalaya, Mizoram.
Together, these states account for just 45 of the 543 elective seats in the Lok Sabha.
On the other hand, the BJP has emerged as the dominant pole of Indian politics with 14 Chief Ministers and governments in 19 of the 29 states, including five with allies in J&K, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim and Nagaland.
The first glimmer of a fightback came early in 2017 when the Congress won Punjab. The success, however, was not attributed to the party, rather the leadership of Captain Amarinder Singh. The victory too was not over the BJP but the Akali Dal, which was heading the coalition with the former playing a junior party.
The tally will further dip if the party loses any of the three poll-bound states next year or is not able to make a mark in Nagaland, Tripura or BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.
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