From its foundation on 28 December 1885 by A.O. Hume, a retired British officer, until the time India gained its independence on 15 August 1947, the Indian National Congress was considered to be the largest and most prominent Indian public organization, as well as the central and defining influence of the long Indian Independence Movement
The main Clause was to get freedom from the British government
The principle that government can only do what its people give it the authority to do is called "popular sovereignty," since the people, usually through representatives, are in control of the direction of the state.
