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140th Foundation Day of INC
December 31 , 2025
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- The Indian National Congress (INC) marked its 140th Foundation Day on 28 December 2025.
- INC was founded on 28 December 1885 by Allan Octavian Hume, along with Indian leaders Dadabhai Naoroji, Surendranath Banerjee, Pherozeshah Mehta, and Gopal Krishna Gokhale.
- The first session was held at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay (Mumbai), and W. C. Bonnerjee was the first president.
- INC played a key role in India’s freedom struggle through movements like Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience, Quit India, and Purna Swaraj (1929).
- After Independence, INC contributed to secularism, parliamentary democracy, planned economy, and non-alignment in India.
- The party helped frame the Indian Constitution and establish democratic institutions.
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