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The Indian National Congress, colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots.

Founded in 1885, Why Indian National Congress was formed? Retired British Indian Civil Service (ICS) officer Allan Octavian Hume founded the Indian National Congress in order to form a platform for civil and political dialogue among educated Indians. After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, control of India was transferred from the East India Company to the British Empire.