Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party, abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. Created in 1885, the Indian National Congress became the nation's leader in the Independence Movement, with over 15 million Indians involved in its organizations and over 70 million participants in its battles with the British government. After Independence in 1947, it became the nation's premier political party. In the 14th Lok Sabha (2004-2009), 145 INC members, the largest contingent amongst all parties, serve in the house. The party is currently the chief member of the ruling United Progressive Alliance coalition government supported by the Left Front.

Party Presidents

• Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
• Dadabhai Naoroji
• Badruddin Tyabji
• George Yule
• Sir William Wedderburn
• Sir Pherozeshah Mehta
• P. Ananda Charlu
• Alfred Webb
• Surendranath Banerjea
• Rahimtulla M. Sayani
• Sir C. Sankaran Nair
• Ananda Mohan Bose
• Romesh Chunder Dutt
• Sir Narayan Ganesh Chandavarkar
• Sir Dinshaw Edulji Wacha
• Lalmohan Ghosh
• Sir Henry Cotton
• Gopal Krishna Gokhale
• Rashbihari Ghosh
• Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
• Pandit Bishan Narayan Dar
• Rao Bahadur Raghunath Narasinha Mudholkar
• Nawab Syed Muhammad Bahadur
• Bhupendra Nath Bose
• Lord Satyendra Prasanna Sinha
• Ambica Charan Mazumdar
• Annie Besant
• Syed Hasan Imam
• Motilal Nehru (Party president 1919-1920,1928-1929)
• Lala Lajpat Rai
• C. Vijayaraghavachariar
• Hakim Ajmal Khan
• Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das
• Maulana Mohammad Ali
• Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (Prominent freedom fighter; party president 1940–1946)
• Mohandas K. Gandhi (Popular head of freedom movement; party president 1924–1925)
• Sarojini Naidu
• S. Srinivasa Iyengar
• Dr. M. A. Ansari
• Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (First Prime Minister of India 1947–1964; party president 1929–1931, 1936–1938, 1946, 1951–1955)
• Vallabhbhai Patel (Prominent freedom fighter; party president 1931–1932)
• Nellie Sen Gupta
• Rajendra Prasad (First President of India 1950–1962; party president 1934–1936)
• Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (Co-Founder, Indian National Army; Head of State, Arzi Hukumate Azad Hind; party president 1938–1939)
• Acharya J.B. Kripalani
• Dr. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
• Purushottam Das Tandon
• U. N. Dhebar
• Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
• K. Kamaraj
• S. Nijalingappa
• Jagjivan Ram
• Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma
• Dev Kanta Borooah
• Indira Gandhi (Prime Minister of India 1966–1977, 1980–1984; party president 1960–1961, 1978–1984)
• Rajiv Gandhi (Prime Minister of India 1984–1987; party president 1984–1991)
• P.V. Narasimha Rao (Prime Minister of India 1991–1996; party president 1991–1996)
• Sitaram Kesri (party president 1996–1998)
• Sonia Gandhi (party president 1998–present)