page_title: History of the Indian National Congress
section_title: The Gandhi era
hierarchical_section_title: History of the Indian National Congress / The Gandhi era
context_page_description: From its foundation on 28 December 1885 by A.O. Hume, a retired British officer, until the time India gained its independence on 15 August 1947, the Indian National Congress was considered to be the largest and most prominent Indian public organization, as well as the central and defining influence of the long Indian Independence Movement.
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caption: Mohandas Gandhi gave rise to a whole new generation of nationalists, and a whole new form of revolution.
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