Indian National Congress is a broadly based political party of India. It dominated the Indian movement for independence from Great Britain. It subsequently formed most of India’s governments from the time of independence and often had a strong presence in many state governments. The Indian National Congress first convened in December 1885. During its first several decades, the Congress Party passed fairly moderate reform resolutions, though many within the organization were becoming radicalized by the increased poverty that accompanied British imperialism. In the 1920s and 1930s the Congress Party, led by Mohandas Gandhi, began advocating nonviolent noncooperation.

Many women doctors in India during the time were simultaneously activists associated with the Indian National Movement. For example, Kadambini Ganguly was one of the first ten women delegates to attend the fifth session of the Indian National Congress at Bombay in 1889.

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“Indian National Congress”. Encyclopedia Britannica. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Indian-National-Congress

Ray, Sharmita. “Women Doctors' Masterful Manoeuverings: Colonial Bengal, Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries”. Social Scientist, March–April 2014, Vol. 42, No. 3/4 (March–April 2014), pp. 59-76. https://www.jstor.org/stable/24372948