The Indian National Congress (INC),colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress,is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885,it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century,and especially after 1920,under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi,the Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. The Congress led India to independence from the United Kingdom,and significantly influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire.
Arjun Singh was an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress,who served twice as the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh in the 1980s. He also served twice as the Union Minister of Human Resource Development,in the Manmohan Singh and P. V. Narasimha Rao ministries.
CaptainAmarinder Singh,is an Indian politician,military historian,former royal and Indian Army veteran who served as the 15th Chief Minister of Punjab. A former Member of the Legislative Assembly,Punjab and Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha,he was also the president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee. He has also previously served as the Chief Minister of Punjab from 2002 to 2007 and 2017 to 2021. His father was the last Maharaja of the princely state of Patiala. He has also served in the Indian Army from 1963 to 1966. In 1980,he won a seat in the Lok Sabha for the first time. As of November 2022,Singh also serves as the chairman of the Punjab Urdu Academy. Captain Singh resigned as the Chief Minister of Punjab on 18 September 2021. On 19 September,2022 he merged his party PLC with BJP and joined BJP on the same day.
Chaudhary Devi Lal was an Indian statesman who served as 6th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1991 in the governments of V. P. Singh and Chandra Shekhar. Also popularly known as Tau (uncle),Lal emerged as farmer leader from the state of Haryana,and served as the Chief Minister of Haryana first in 1977-79 and then in 1987-89.
Ranbir Singh Hooda was an Indian politician from Haryana. He was a member of the Indian National Congress. He served as a minister in undivided Punjab and then in the Haryana government. His 100th birth anniversary celebration was inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee on 27 November 2014.
Sardar Swaran Singh was an Indian politician. He was India's longest-serving union cabinet minister.
Although India is a parliamentary democracy,the country's politics has become dynastic or with high level of nepotism,possibly due to the absence of party organizations,independent civil-society associations which mobilize support for a party,or centralized financing of elections. The dynastic phenomenon is present at the national,state,regional,and district level. The Nehru–Gandhi family has produced three Indian prime ministers,and family members have largely led the Congress party since 1978. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also has several senior dynastic leaders. In addition to the major national parties,other national and regional parties such as Shiromani Akali Dal,Shiv Sena,Samajwadi Party,Rashtriya Janata Dal,Janata Dal Secular,Jharkhand Mukti Morcha,Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam,Kerala Congress,Jammu &Kashmir National Conference,Indian Union Muslim League,AIMIM,and the Nationalist Congress Party are all dominated by families,mostly those of the party founders.
Vijay Kumar Malhotra is an Indian politician and a sport administrator. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir was an Indian politician and Punjabi language writer. He was the Chief Minister of Punjab from 1 November 1966 to 8 March 1967.
Comrade Achhar Singh Chhina was an Indian communist politician and independence activist. He served as a MLA in the Punjab Legislative Assembly for two terms. In 1962,he contested the Member of Parliament (MP) election from Tarn Taran and was defeated by 1990 votes.
The Central Legislative Assembly was the lower house of the Imperial Legislative Council,the legislature of British India. It was created by the Government of India Act 1919,implementing the Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms. It was also sometimes called the Indian Legislative Assembly and the Imperial Legislative Assembly. The Council of State was the upper house of the legislature for India.
M. Muhammad Ismail was an Indian politician and social worker from Tirunelveli,southern Tamil Nadu. He served as the first President of Indian Union Muslim League after the partition of British India. He was popularly known in Tamil Nadu and Kerala as the "Quaid-e-Millat".
Dr. Narayan Bhaskar Khare was an Indian politician. He was Chief Minister of Central Province in 1930s as Congress politician. Later he left Congress and joined Hindu Maha Sabha.
Virendra Verma was an Indian politician,born in Shamli,Uttar Pradesh. He served as the Governor of Punjab and the Administrator of Chandigarh (1990) as well as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh (1990–1993).
Amarnath Vidyalankar was an Indian member of Parliament,social worker and journalist. He was involved in the Indian independence movement and a member of the Indian National Congress since before independence. After independence,Vidyalankar was Minister of Education,Labor and Languages in the Government of Punjab from 1957 to 1962 and a member of the First (1952–1956),Third (1962–1967) and Fifth (1971–1977) Lok Sabhas.
Bhan Singh Bhaura was an Indian politician. He was a leader of the Communist Party of India in Punjab. He served as a member of the National Executive of the CPI as well as president for the Bharatiya Khet Mazdoor Union. He was also a Punjab State Executive member of CPI. He was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1971 and 1999 from the Bhatinda seat. He was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly twice as well.
Lala Achint Ram was an Indian freedom fighter,Gandhian and a member of the Indian National Congress party.
Jagannath Kaushal was an Indian National Congress politician and Law Minister in the Government of India from 1982 to 1985. He studied law at Panjab University,Lahore,in 1936 and started legal practice at Patiala in 1937. Though he was selected as the District and Sessions Judge in 1947,he resigned from the post in 1949 after the State was merged with PEPSU,and returned to legal practice.
Haripada Chattopadhyay was an Indian politician,Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha and Bengali revolutionary.
The 1962 Punjab Legislative Assembly election was the Third Vidhan Sabha election of the state when the Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party with 90 seats in the 154-seat legislature in the election. The Shiromani Akali Dal became the official opposition,holding 16 seats. From 5 July 1966 to 1 November 1966,Assembly was under suspension.
