According to historians Indian History starts with Dravidian culture, contains the origin of Dravida, Arya, Vedic, Upanishath period. It is also the history of Budha – Jaina religion, Arab – Europen Migration and their invade and also at the end freedom struggle. This the attainment of free India.

India was under various empires, Kingdom and lords. The battle and wars between these forces, lead the life of the common people in a very miserable and pathetic conditions.

In 1498 when Vasco da Gama a Portuguese explorer landed at Kozhikode, Kerala, the invade of Europans started and following to Portuguese, Duch, French and British People reached for trade and business of spices. In the Trade and Business, they fought each other even with modern weapons and established each one of them the business in a big way. Economically they looted the Indian People in business and trades. Most of the empires, kings and lords were in the habit of luxurious lives as the Europans showed the way and taught.

It is very unbelievable today that a private company called East India Company ruled our great nation for a century after the battle of Plassy in Bengal. Due to the atrocity of East India Company, the mutiny of Sipoy in 1857 lead the way for British rule in India. Following the company rule, another centurian British rule for 90 years existed in India that was very inhuman in nature and generation to generation the people were exploited. They treated the people as slaves and buggers. Indians those protested against this sort of attitude brutally suppressed and even executed by British officers.

Under the British rule, all the Government Employees were appointed from Britain and all of them were English People. Even though many Indians had the exemplary education from England itself, they were not considered for any reputed and valuable posts. At this juncture, the well educated 72 personalities assembled in Bombay on 28th December 1885 formed an organisation called Indian National Congress.

The period of Congress can be mainly divided into 3 stages.
• From 1885 to 1915 – 30 years – A petition submitting organisation.
• From 1916 to 1946 – 30 years – A National movement for struggle and agitation.
• From 1947 A Political Party

In the first 30 years the Congress was submitting the petitions and conducting the annual meetings with Tea party.
In the second 30 years from 1916 the Gandhian period started in Congress and entered into struggles and agitations for free India and for better living conditions of the workers and poor. The membership ban for common people in Congress was removed and it opened for all. accepting the advice of Gopala Krishna Gokhale, Gandhiji alone moved and visited throughout India for one year, to understand the living conditions of the common people, and he convinced that the people of this country live like slaves and they are looting and exploiting in all means by British People and their supports. This knowledge helped him to make an action planin his mindfor free India.
In 1917 he entered into Champaran indigo workers issue and the agitation started, and concentrated on workers issues in various sectors and became a pure Trade Union Leader. In 1918 he was forced for the indefinite hunger strike against the ani-labour attitude of the textile mill managements in Ahamadabad and finally succeded. This was the first hunger strike Gandhiji organised in India and was a new experience for the workers and the poor people. The success of the agitation in champaran and industrial sector workers became confident to follow him.
Jallian Wala Bag masscare in 1919 were killed Hundreds of people including women and children and another hundreds were became casualities. When Congress went for continues agitations in the form of Satyagraha, Hunger Strike, Non-co-operation, boycott, law violation, complete independence and finally Quit India Movement the workers and Congress stood behind to Mahatma Gandhi. The workers were the forefrontreal fighters in all these agitations.
Indian people suffered a lot for 30 years through the face of the ruling terrorism of the British Government. Brutal Oppression, imprisonment, threatening, inhuman execution were the day to day events. In this prolonged and greatstruggle 70 million people were participated. Thousands lost their lives and became martyrs and another lakhs became casualties. Many became homeless and also lost their relatives. Gandhiji was jailed for5 ½ years during this period in 7 times. Jawaharlal Nehru from the age of 32 was in jail and was there for 9 years in 10 jails within 21 times. Sardar Vallabhai Patel, J.B. Kripalani and other prominent leaders of the Congress Party also were put in jail for a long period by British ruling. It was an agitation of sacrifice for 30 years by the Congress for the lifelong freedom of the people of India.

At last Britan surrendered before Congress and they declared the freedom. In 1947 while transferring the power the Britan was in the thinking of putting the seeds of communal differences to make division in the people. They poured oil on the flams and Hindu – Muslim riots were taken place. India became Shambles and was divided into two different countries as India and Pakistan. Today some forces attained chances to germinate this poisonous communal seeds. It is in the History that except Congress all other parties and organisations have extended their contributions for the growth of this anti-people communal forces.

CONGRESS A POLITICAL ORGANISATION