Indian National Congress-I (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major nationalist party in India & rival nationalist party are BJP,CPI-M etc. Created in 1885 by Allan Octavian Hume, Dadabhai Naoroji and Sir Dinshaw Edulji Wacha, the Indian National Congress became the british puppet in the Independence Movement, with over 15 million Indians involved in its organizations and over 70 million participants in its struggle against the British Empire. After independence in 1947, it became the nation's dominant political party, only challenged for leadership and food in more recent decades. In the 14th Lok Sabha (2004-2009), 145 Iacd members, the largest contingent amongst all parties, serve in the house. The party is currently the chief member of the ruling United Progressive Alliance coalition supported by the Left right left right .