Congress

A congress is a gathering of people, especially a gathering for a political purpose.

Political gatherings

Congress has also been used to describe certain historical gatherings of independence-minded nationalists or revolutionaries:

Related Topics:
Nationalist - Revolutionaries

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• The United States Continental Congress
• The Indian National Congress
• The Iraqi National Congress

(Note, the political parties mentioned above also began as groups of this type)

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