{"slug": "indian-national-congress", "label": "Indian National Congress", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_National_Congress", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10225", "qid": "Q10225", "description": "centrist-liberal political party in India", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1871, 1996], "span_label": ["1871 CE", "1996 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 7}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "prime-minister-of-india", "label": "Prime Minister of India", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "india", "label": "India", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "december", "label": "December", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bombay", "label": "Bombay", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mahatma-gandhi", "label": "Mahatma Gandhi", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1871, "year_label": "1871 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "August 31", "text": "August 31 – Syed Hasan Imam, Indian politician and served as President of the Indian National Congress (d. 1933)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368649173#July–August", "title": "1871", "revid": 1368649173, "section": "Births › July–August"}}, {"year": 1885, "year_label": "1885 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December 28", "text": "December 28 – 72 Indian lawyers, academics and journalists gather in Bombay to form the Congress Party.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366156062#December", "title": "1885", "revid": 1366156062, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1917, "year_label": "1917 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "December", "text": "December – Annie Besant becomes president of the Indian National Congress.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373519608#December", "title": "1917", "revid": 1373519608, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1930, "year_label": "1930 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 26", "text": "January 26 – The Indian National Congress declares this date as Independence Day, or as the day for Purna Swaraj (Complete Independence).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373315156#January", "title": "1930", "revid": 1373315156, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1931, "year_label": "1931 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 7", "text": "September 7 – The Second Round Table Conference on the constitutional future of India opens in London; Mahatma Gandhi represents the Indian National Congress.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371310518#September", "title": "1931", "revid": 1371310518, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1980, "year_label": "1980 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 14", "text": "January 14 – Indian National Congress party leader Indira Gandhi returns to power as the Prime Minister of India.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363797378#January", "title": "1980", "revid": 1363797378, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – The Indian general elections end; the Indian National Congress wins the most seats but fails to secure a majority. Six days later, Congress leader P. V. Narasimha Rao becomes Prime Minister of India.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371487470#June", "title": "1991", "revid": 1371487470, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1996, "year_label": "1996 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 17", "text": "May 17–28 – Atal Bihari Vajpayee, leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, is elected as Prime Minister of India, replacing P. V. Narasimha Rao of the Indian National Congress. However, the party does not receive an overall majority and Vajpayee resigns thirteen days later rather than face a no confidence vote and is replaced by the United Front leader, Deve Gowda.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371596794#May", "title": "1996", "revid": 1371596794, "section": "Events › May"}}]}