Indian Congress (IC(S)) was a political party

Political party

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 in India

India

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 between 1978 and 1986. The party was formed through a split in the Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

. Initially the party was known as the Indian National Congress (Urs)

Indian National Congress (Urs)

The Indian National Congress was a breakaway faction of the Congress led by D. Devraj Urs. It broke away from the parent party in 1978 following Indira Gandhi's drubbing in the 1977 General Elections. Urs took with him many legislators from Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra and Goa including future...

 and was led by D. Devraj Urs. It broke away from the parent party in 1978 following Indira Gandhi

Indira Gandhi

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's drubbing in the 1977 General Elections. Urs took with him many legislators from Karnataka

Karnataka

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, Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

 and Goa

Goa

Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...

 including future Union Ministers and Chief Minister

Chief Minister

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s A.K. Antony, Sharad Pawar

Sharad Pawar

Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar , popularly known as SAHEB , is the president of the Nationalist Congress Party which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress...

, Dev Kant Baruah

Dev Kant Baruah

Debakanta Barua was an Indian politician from Assam, who served as the President of the Indian National Congress during the Indian Emergency and was one of the most loyal supporters of then-Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi...

, Priyaranjan Das Munshi, and K. P. Unnikrishnan.

When Sharad Pawar took over the party presidency in October 1981, the name of the party was changed to Indian Congress (Socialist)

In 1986 Pawar and his party rejoined the Indian National Congress.

One section led by Sarat Chandra Sinha broke away from IC(S) in 1984 and formed a separate party known as Indian Congress (Socialist) - Sarat Chandra Sinha

Indian Congress (Socialist) - Sarat Chandra Sinha

Indian Congress – Sarat Chandra Sinha was a political party in India between 1984 and 1999. The party was formed through a split in the Indian Congress , and was led by former Assam CM , Sarat Chandra Sinha....

. This faction merged with Sharad Pawar

Sharad Pawar

Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar , popularly known as SAHEB , is the president of the Nationalist Congress Party which he founded in 1999, after separating from the Indian National Congress...

's NCP

Nationalist Congress Party

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 in 1999.

However, in Kerala

Kerala

or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....

, the residual faction of Indian Congress (Socialist) led by Kadannappalli Ramachandran

Kadannappalli Ramachandran

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 is existing and part of the Left Democratic Front.

In 2007, Democratic Indira Congress (Left) led by M.A. John merged with Indian Congress (Socialist).