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Journey of a Nation... Indian National Congress: 125 Years NA . &Y4. IF MRIPIIMJCOfMA i »1 ?bth Januanj WO fob tft JHf PfOPLE OF INDIA. U'nj ■ solemnlj resotvcd to constitute India into a mum DEMOCRATIC RfPQBUC and to secure to all its citizens: JUSTICE, social.economic and political: Vfii UBIETY of thought. expression. belief, faith and worship; EQUALITY of statu# and of opport uuitlj: and to promote amona them all " fRATTRNITY assuring the digniti| ofthe jtfhLj individual and the unitij the Nation: IN OUR CONSTinifNT ASSEMBLY DO £j| HEHfBV ADOPT.ENAd AND GIVE 10 mis coNsrunnoN •H oorseivfs V? Indian National Congress: 125 years Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2020 with funding from Public.Resource.Org https://archive.org/details/journeyofnationiOOanan Journey of a Nation... t£3 Juyl gsj£ f a Nation Journey ^ 3 S S edited by Anand Sharma A . published by Academic Foundation, New Delhi Main title page photograph: Jawaharlal Nehru addressing teeming crowds from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort, Delhi on 15 August 1947. Ever since, successive prime ministers have used the backdrop of this 17th century fort to deliver the Independence Day address to the nation. EDITOR ANAND SHARMA EDITORIAL BOARD First published in 2011 KIRAN DATAR by ACADEMIC FOUNDATION 4772-73 / 23 Bharat Ram Road, (23 Ansari Road), MALINI SOOD Darya Ganj, New Delhi - 110 002 (India). Phones: +91-11-23245001 / 02 / 03 / 04. Fax: +91-11-23245005. E-mail : [email protected] www.academicfoundation.com SUPPORT TEAM © 2011 Copyright: Indian National Congress HARI SHANKER GUPTA ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this book shall be reproduced, stored in a retrieval BHASHYAM KASTURI system, or transmitted by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior wntten permission of the publishers and the copyright holder(s). Cataloging in Publication Data-DK Courtesy: D.K. Agencies (P) Ltd. <[email protected]> Journey of a nation- : Indian National Congress, 125 years / edited by Anand Sharma ; [editorial board, Rizwan Qaiser, Kiran Datar, Malini Sood], p. cm. ISBN 9788171888405 1. India-Politics and government~20th century-Pictorial works. 2, India—Politics and government-21st century- Pictorial works. 3. Indian National Congress-Pictorial works. I. Sharma, Anand. II. Qaiser, Rizwan. III. Datar, Kiran Kapur. IV. Sood, Malini. DDC 320.95402 22 Designed and typeset by Italics India, New Delhi. Printed and bound in India. 10 987654321 Foreword Sonia Gandhi 7 Introduction Anand Sharma 11 1. The Formative Years.13 2. The Gandhian Era.49 3. Towards Independence.99 4. Nehru and Nation Building.131 5. An Era of Decisive Leadership.167 6. Leading Towards 21st Century.201 7. A New Political Reality.241 8. The Congress in Coalition.261 9. Setting the Agenda for the Future .... 291 Photo Credit 306