The Indian Congress on 28 December 2010 celebrated its 126th foundation day with its chief Sonia Gandhi unfurling the party tricolour in New Delhi. The Congress party had in the week ending 25-26 December 2010 held a plenary session which also marked the completion of 125 years of the organisation. Among those who attended the function were union ministers Pranab Mukherjee, A K Antony, S Jaipal Reddy, Kapil Sibal, G K Vasan, Kantilal Bhuria, Vayalar Ravi, Sachin Pilot and senior leaders R K Dhawan and M L Fotedar.
The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by Englishman Allan Octavio Hume, a noted ornithologist and a civil servant in British India.
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