claim: The Indian National Congress was founded during a foreign rule.
evidence: Infobox former country. |  conventional long name =. |  common name = India. |  continent = Asia. |  region = Indian subcontinent. Indian subcontinent. Indian subcontinent. |  status =. |  p1 = Company rule in India. rule. Company rule in India. |  flag p1 = Flag of the British East India Company -LRB- 1801 -RRB- .. East India Company. East India Company. British East India Company. East India Company. svg. |  p2 = Emirate of Afghanistan. |  flag p2 = Flag of Afghanistan.svg. |  s1 = Dominion of India. Dominion of India. Dominion of India. |  flag s1 = Flag of India.svg. |  s2 = Dominion of Pakistan. Dominion of Pakistan. Dominion of Pakistan. |  flag s2 = Flag of Pakistan.svg. |  s3 = British rule in Burma. rule. Company rule in India. Burma. British rule in Burma. |  flag s3 = British Burma 1937 flag.svg. Burma. British rule in Burma. |  s4 = Trucial States. |  flag s4 = Flag of the Trucial States.svg. |  s5 = Colony of Aden. |  flag s5 = Flag of the Colony of Aden.svg. |  s6 = Straits Settlements. |  flag s6 = Flag of the British Straits Settlements   -LRB- 1874-1942 -RRB- .. svg. |  image flag = British Raj Red Ensign.svg. |  flag = Star of India -LRB- flag -RRB-. |  image coat = Star-of-India-gold-centre .. svg. |  symbol type = Star of India. |  symbol = Star of India -LRB- flag -RRB-. |  national anthem = God Save the King / Queen <center>. God Save the King / Queen. God Save the Queen. |  image map = British Indian empire in 1936 .. India at the 1936 Summer Olympics. png. |  image map caption = The British Indian Empire in 1936 .. India at the 1936 Summer Olympics. |  capital =. |  common languages =. The British Raj -LRB- -LSB- rɑːdʒ -RSB- from raj , literally , `` rule '' in Hindustani -RRB- was the rule by the British Crown in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947 .. British Crown. The Crown. Hindustani. Hindustani language. Crown. The Crown. Indian subcontinent. Indian subcontinent. rule. Company rule in India. The rule is also called Crown rule in India , or direct rule in India .. Crown. The Crown. rule. Company rule in India. The region under British control was commonly called India in contemporaneous usage , and included areas directly administered by the United Kingdom , which were collectively called British India , and those ruled by indigenous rulers , but under British tutelage or paramountcy , and called the princely states .. British India. Presidencies and provinces of British India. United Kingdom. United Kingdom. paramountcy. Suzerainty#British paramountcy. The resulting political union was also called the British Indian Empire and after 1876 issued passports under that name .. As India , it was a founding member of the League of Nations , a participating nation in the Summer Olympics in 1900 , 1920 , 1928 , 1932 , and 1936 , and a founding member of the United Nations in San Francisco in 1945 .. founding member. Member states of the United Nations. League of Nations. League of Nations. Summer Olympics. India at the Olympics. India at the 1900 Summer Olympics. India at the 1920 Summer Olympics. India at the 1928 Summer Olympics. India at the 1932 Summer Olympics. India at the 1936 Summer Olympics. United Nations. United Nations. San Francisco in 1945. United Nations Conference on International Organization. This system of governance was instituted on 28 June 1858 , when , after the Indian Rebellion of 1857 , the rule of the British East India Company was transferred to the Crown in the person of Queen Victoria -LRB- who , in 1876 , was proclaimed Empress of India -RRB- .. East India Company. East India Company. Victoria. Queen Victoria. Indian Rebellion. Indian Rebellion of 1857. Crown. The Crown. Indian Rebellion of 1857. Indian Rebellion of 1857. rule. Company rule in India. British East India Company. East India Company. Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria. Empress of India. Emperor of India. As a state , the British Empire in India functioned as if it saw itself as the guardian of a system of connected markets maintained by means of military power , business legislation and monetary management .. It lasted until 1947 , when the British Indian Empire was partitioned into two sovereign dominion states  : the Dominion of India -LRB- later the Republic of India -RRB- and the Dominion of Pakistan -LRB- later the Islamic Republic of Pakistan , the eastern part of which , still later , became the People 's Republic of Bangladesh -RRB- .. partitioned. Partition of India. dominion. dominion. Dominion of India. Dominion of India. Republic of India. India. Dominion of Pakistan. Dominion of Pakistan. Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan. At the inception of the Raj in 1858 , Lower Burma was already a part of British India ; Upper Burma was added in 1886 , and the resulting union , Burma , was administered as an autonomous province until 1937 , when it became a separate British colony , gaining its own independence in 1948 .. British India. Presidencies and provinces of British India. Lower Burma. Lower Burma. Upper Burma. Upper Burma. Burma. British rule in Burma