The Congress was divided on approaches to economic reform the conservatives favored cautious reform while the leftists, of which Jawaharlal Nehru was a leader, urged socialism.
In 1920 the Congress began a campaign of passive resistance, led by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, against restrictions on the press and political activities.Īlthough the Congress claimed to represent all Indians, many Muslims, fearful of the vast Hindu majority, began to withdraw from the Congress. By 1907, however, the Congress had split into a moderate group led by Gopal Krishna Gokhale, who sought dominion status for India, and a militant faction under Bal Gangadhar Tilak, who demanded self-rule. Its founding members proposed economic reforms and wanted a larger role in the making of British policy for India. Indian National Congress, Indian political party, founded in 1885.
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