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Quiz on the Indian National Congress: Key Figures and Historical Milestones

This quiz tests knowledge on key figures and significant events related to the Indian National Congress, a major political party in India.

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1 Who is Sanjay Gandhi's spouse?

2 She raised slogans such as Garibi Hatao (Remove Poverty), and wanted to develop closer ties with the ________.

3 The 1929 Lahore session under the presidency of ________ holds special significance as in this session "Poorna Swaraj" (complete independence) was declared as the goal of INC.

4 The Indian National Congress (Hindi: भारतीय राष्ट्रीय कांग्रेस) (also known as the Congress, and abbreviated INC) is a major political party in ________.

5 Where was Priyanka Vadra born?

6 Consequently, it along with a coalition of allies called the ________ (UPA), was able to gain a majority and form the government.

7 ________, won the plurality of votes in the general elections of 2009 and formed the government under the leadership of Dr.

8 When was the Indian National Congress founded?

9 Where did P. V. Narasimha Rao die?

10 When did Manmohan Singh's term start?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • no member of the Indian National Congress political party has been elected as Chief Minister of Madras state since M. Bhaktavatsalam served from 1963 to 1967.
  • the Indian mobster turned Congress politician Pappu Kalani won two elections while in jail.
  • the Janata Morcha had defeated Indira Gandhi's Congress (R) in the elections in Gujarat, 15 days before the start of the Indian Emergency on June 26, 1975.
  • the Workers and Peasants Party leader K.N. Joglekar successfully moved a resolution that the Indian National Congress should demand full independence for India.
  • in 1969, a world record number of 15 million people attended the funeral of C.N.Annadurai, the first non Congress Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India.
  • a split in India's Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party in 1988 resulted in a split in the Congress party in Tamil Nadu, leading to the birth of the new party Thamizhaga Munnetra Munnani.
  • British lawyer and activist of the Indian independence movement Eardley Norton was instrumental in establishing an UK-chapter of the Indian National Congress.
  • C. Vijayaraghavachariar, former President of the Indian National Congress, also served as President of All India Hindu Mahasabha in 1931.
  • Sathyavani Muthu was one of the first two non-Congress members from Tamil Nadu to serve as a Union Minister in India.
  • S.A. Swaminatha Iyer protested the British salt tax in India at the first session of the Indian National Congress in 1885.
  • Indian National Congress politician and member of Indian parliament P. Thanulinga Nadar was a leader of Hindu nationalist organisation Hindu Munnani in his later years.
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