Founded in 1885

INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS

Dadabhai Naoroji

Dinsha Dinshaw

Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee

Mahadev Govind Ranade

Allan Octavian Hume

Surendranath Banerjee

Monomohun Ghose

Indepencence in 1947Independence in 1947 Partition of India

1 9 9 5

1947 - anti-Godse riots

1975-1977 - State of Emergency

POLITICAL UNREST

THE ALLAHABAD CONVICTION

INDIRA GANDHI

1984 anti-Sikh riots

After the AssAssinAtion of indirA GAndhi by 2 of her sikh body GuArds followinG operAtion bluestAr, mAny ConGress workers inCludinG JAGdish tytler And sAJJAn kumAr were ACCused of inCitinG And pArtiCipAtinG in sikh riots.

war with Pakistan 1965

GULZARILAL NANDA

MAY - JUNE 1964 AND IN JANUARY 1966

Sino-Indian war 1962

JAWAHARLAL NEHRU (1947–1964)

ECONOMIC POLICY

SECURITY POLICY

SRI LANKA POLICY

RAJIV GANDHI (1984–1989)

ECONOMIC REFORMS

NATIONAL SECURITY, FOREIGN POLICY AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT

BABRI MOSQUE RIOTS AND THE LATUR EARTHQUAKE

P.V. NARASIMHA RAO (1991–1996)

Currency crisis 1980

durinG the lAte 1980s, GAndhi's AdministrAtion fAiled to slow the 30 perCent fAll in the vAlue of the indiAn rupee from 12 to 17 to the us dollAr.

rAJiv Authorized An extensive poliCe And Army CAmpAiGn to ContAin terrorism in punJAb. A stAte of mArtiAl lAw existed in the punJAb stAte, And Civil liberties, CommerCe And tourism were GreAtly disrupted

ASSASSINATION

members of the vishvA hindu pArishAd demolished the bAbri mosque (whiCh wAs ConstruCted by indiA's first muGhAl emperor, bAbAr) in AyodhyA on 6 deCember 1992.the site is believed by hindus to be the birthplACe of the hindu God rAmA And is believed by the hindu Community to be A plACe of A hindu temple CreAted in the eArly 16th Century. the destruCtion of the disputed struCture, whiCh wAs widely reported in the internAtionAl mediA, unleAshed lArGe sCAle CommunAl violenCe, the most extensive sinCe the pArtition of indiA.

MANMOHAN SINGH (2004 -)

HEALTHCARE AND EDUCATION

SECURITY AND HOME AFFAIRS

LEGISLATION

the indiAn nAtionAl ConGress-led CoAlition united proGressive AlliAnCe (upA), heAded by ms. soniA GAndhi, won the plurAlity of votes in the GenerAl eleCtions of 2009 And formed the Government under the leAdership of dr. mAnmohAn sinGh.

2009 general elections

Future

there Comes A time in the life of every nAtion when it stAnds At the Cross-roAds of history And must Choose whiCh wAy to Go. but for us

there need be no diffiCulty or hesitAtion, no lookinG to riGht or left. our wAy is strAiGht And CleAr – the buildinG up of A soCiAlist demoCrACy At home with freedom And prosperity for All, And the mAintenAnCe of world peACe And friendship with All nAtions.

Babri Mosque riots 1992

in the 2009 lok sAbhA eleCtions, he retAined his Amethi ConstutuenCy by defeAtinG his neArest rivAl by A mArGin of over 333,000 votes. in these eleCtions ConGress is sAid to hAve revived itself in uttAr prAdesh by winninG 21 out of the totAl 80 lok sAbhA seAts And the mAJority of the Credit for this turnAround is Given to rAhul GAndhi. he spoke At 125 rAllies ACross the Country in six weeks.he is referred to As rG in pArty CirCles.

2009 ELECTIONS

SONIA GANDHIin the AftermAth of pArtition, the prinCely stAtes of indiA, whiCh hAd been left by the indiAn independenCe ACt 1947 to Choose whether to ACCede to indiA or

pAkistAn or to remAin outside them, were All inCorporAted into one or other of the new dominions. the question of the ChoiCe to be mAde in this ConneCtion by JAmmu And kAshmir led to the indo-pAkistAni wAr of 1947 And other wArs And ConfliCts between indiA And pAkistAn.

the pArtition of indiA inCluded the GeoGrAphiCAl division of the benGAl provinCe of british indiA into eAst pAkistAn And west benGAl (indiA), And

the similAr pArtition of the punJAb provinCe into west punJAb And islAmAbAd And eAst punJAb. the pArtition deAl Also inCluded the division of stAte Assets, inCludinG the british indiAn Army, the indiAn Civil serviCe And other AdministrAtive serviCes, the indiAn rAilwAys, And the CentrAl treAsury.

the pArtition wAs promulGAted in the indiAn independenCe ACt 1947 And resulted in the dissolution of the british indiAn empire. the pArtition

displACed up to 12.5 million people in the former british indiAn empire, with estimAtes of loss of life vAryinG from severAl hundred thousAnd to A million.