A movement and political party founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in the British government controlling India. Its membership was middle class and its demands were modest until World War I. Led after 1920 by Mohandas K. Gandhi, it appealed to the India's massive poor population to gain strength. It helped achieve Indian independence in 1947.

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A movement and political party founded in 1885 to demand greater Indian participation in the British government controlling India. Its membership was middle class and its demands were modest until World War I. Led after 1920 by Mohandas K. Gandhi, it appealed to the India's massive poor population to gain strength. It helped achieve Indian independence in 1947.