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Indian National Congress Celebrates 140th Foundation Day on December 28

INC celebrated 140th Foundation Day; founded Dec 28, 1885 by A.O. Hume at Gokuldas Tejpal College, Bombay.

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  • Indian National Congress marked its 140th Foundation Day on December 28, 2025.
  • Founded on December 28, 1885 at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay by Allan Octavian Hume with Dadabhai Naoroji and Dinshaw Wacha.
  • First session presided over by Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee with 72 delegates.
  • The party evolved into the leading vehicle of the Indian independence movement under Gandhi, Nehru, and Patel.

The Indian National Congress (INC) marked its 140th Foundation Day on December 28, 2025. The party was founded on December 28, 1885, at Gokuldas Tejpal Sanskrit College in Bombay (now Mumbai) by Allan Octavian Hume, a retired British civil servant, along with Indian leaders including Dadabhai Naoroji and Dinshaw Wacha.

The first session was presided over by Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee and attended by 72 delegates. Initially a moderate platform for political dialogue, the Congress evolved into the leading vehicle of the Indian independence movement under leaders like Bal Gangadhar Tilak, Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. The party went on to form India's first government after Independence in 1947 and has been a major national party for 140 years.

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First session presided over by Womesh Chunder Bonnerjee with 72 delegates.

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The party evolved into the leading vehicle of the Indian independence movement under Gandhi, Nehru, and Patel.

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