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| | #REDIRECT [[Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)]] |
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| |party_name = Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)
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| |colorcode = Turquoise
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| |abbreviation = INC(R)
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| |logo = Cow and Calf INC.svg
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| |founder = [[Indira Gandhi]]
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| |foundation = {{Start date and age|1969|11|12|df=y|p=y|br=y}}
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| |split = [[Indian National Congress]]
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| |successor = [[Indian National Congress]]
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| |colours = {{colour box|Turquoise}} [[Turquoise (color)|Turquoise]]
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| |eci = [[List of political parties in India#State Party|National Party]]
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| '''Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)''' was created in 1969; it was created and led by [[Indira Gandhi]]. Initially this party was known as Congress (R), but it soon came to be generally known as the "New Congress".
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| The letter 'R' stands for 'Requisition'.<ref name="book">{{cite book|last=Sanghvi|first=Vijay|title=The Congress, Indira to Sonia Gandh|year=2006|publisher=Kalpaz Publications|location=New Delhi|isbn=81-7835-340-7|page=77|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=npdqD_TXucQC&q=%22indira+gandhi%22+cow++calf+symbol&pg=PA77}}</ref> The original congress party then became the [[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]], or Congress (O), and was led by [[K. Kamaraj|Kamaraj]]. It was informally called the "Old Congress" and retained the party symbol of a pair of bullocks carrying a yoke. Mrs. Gandhi's breakaway faction were given a new symbol of a cow with suckling calf by the Election Commission as the party election symbol.<ref name="book" />
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| The split occurred when, in 1969, a united opposition under the banner of [[Samyukt Vidhayak Dal]], won control over several states in the [[Hindi Belt|Hindi belt]]. Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister and daughter of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], was then challenged by the majority of the party leadership. Gandhi formed the new party to demonstrate her support amongst the people. In the [[1971 Indian general election|1971 general election]], Congress (R) had secured an overwhelming majority winning 352 out of 518 seats in the [[Lok Sabha]]. In the elections to five state assemblies too, the Congress (R) performed well. Later in 1970s the name Congress {R} evolved to Congress [I] the 'I' stands for Indira and gradually Congress {I} became Indian National Congress as Congress {O} merged with [[Janata Party]].
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