The Indian National Congress (INC),colloquially the Congress Party or simply the Congress,is a political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 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.
Amarinder Singh,is an Indian politician,military historian,former royal and Indian Army veteran who served as the 15th Chief Minister of Punjab. His father was the last Maharaja of the princely state of Patiala. Before starting his political career,Singh was an officer in the Indian Army,where he served from 1963 to 1966.
Ranbir Singh Hooda was an Indian freedom fighter,parliamentarian and administrator from Haryana. He is known for taking up the cause of poor and backward people and peasants. He actively participated in the freedom struggle,and was jailed several times. He served as the Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha as well as Rajya Sabha. He holds a national record of having remained a member of seven different Houses and it is recorded in Limca book of Records.
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 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also has several 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.
Bansi Lal Legha,also known as Chaudhary Bansi Lal, was an Indian politician and independence activist,who served as the Minister of Defence of India and three-time Chief Minister of Haryana. He is also known as the 'architect of modern Haryana'.
Vijay Kumar Malhotra is an Indian politician and a sport administrator. He belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Gurmukh Singh Musafir was an Indian politician and Punjabi language writer. He was the 5th Chief Minister of Punjab from 1 November 1966 to 8 March 1967.
Gurnam Singh was an Indian politician and the 6th Chief Minister of Punjab from 8 March 1967 to 25 November 1967,and again between 17 February 1969 to 27 March 1970. He was the first Shiromani Akali Dal Chief minister of Punjab. His ministry fell due to defection of Lachhman Singh Gill,who became the next Chief Minister with the support of the Indian National Congress. He died in an air crash in Delhi on 31 May 1973.
Partap Singh Bajwa is an Indian politician having served as a member of the Lok Sabha representing Gurdaspur in Punjab from 2009 to 2014. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Punjab.
Dr. Narayan Bhaskar Khare was an Indian politician. He was chief minister of Central Province in the 1930s as a 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).
Jaisukhlal Hathi was born at Muli,Saurashtra,in the Indian state of Gujarat. He served as a Union Minister in the Indian Government and also as governor of Punjab and Haryana. He was as a member of the Constituent Assembly,Lok Sabha,and Rajya Sabha. He was born in Surendranagar in 1909 and died in 1982.
Amarinder Singh,popularly known as Amarinder Singh Raja Warring,or Raja Warring is an Indian politician. He is a Member of Parliament,Lok Sabha and president of Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee.
Amarnath Vidyalankar was an Indian politician,social worker and journalist. He was involved in the independence movement and became a member of the Indian National Congress before India's independence in 1947. After independence,Vidyalankar served as Minister of Education,Labor and Languages in the Government of Punjab from 1957 to 1962 and was 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.
Chaudhary Tayyab Husain was an Indian politician,who served as a Member of Parliament from Gurgaon and Faridabad in the Lok Sabha. He holds the unique record of being elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly to three different Indian states,Punjab,Haryana and Rajasthan,as well as serving as a Minister in the government bodies of all three.
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.
