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{{Short description|Women's wing of political party of India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox organization
| name                = All India Mahila Congress
| native_name         = 
| caption             = 
| logo                = Mahila Congress.jpg
| abbreviation        = AIMC
| motto               = 
| predecessor         = 
| formation           = 15 September 1984  (38 years ago)
| founders            = [[Sucheta Kripalani]],<br/>[[Indian National Congress]]
| extinction          = y <!-- date of extinction, optional -->
| purpose             = <!-- focus as e.g. humanitarian, peacekeeping, etc -->
| headquarters        = 24, [[Akbar Road]], [[New Delhi]] 110001
| colorcode           = {{party color|Indian National Congress}}
| membership          = 
| leader_title        = National President
| leader_name         = Netta D'Souza
| key_people          = 
| parent_organization = [[Indian National Congress]]
| website             = [http://www.aimc.in www.aimc.in]{{Dead link|date=February 2020}}
| leader_title2       = National Secretary
| leader_name2        = [[Aiyshwarya Mahadev ]]
}}
'''All India Mahila Congress''' ('''AIMC'''), also referred to as '''Mahila Congress''', is the women's wing of the [[Indian National Congress|Congress Party]] (INC).{{Sfnp|Singh|2003|p=69}} The most recent President was [[Sushmita Dev]] who left office in 2021. Currently Netta D'Souza heads the All India Mahila Congress as its acting President appointed on 17 August 2021 by Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi.{{sfnp|The New Indian Express|2019}}<ref name="termend3"/><ref>{{Cite news |title=Congress appoints Netta D'Souza as acting president of Mahila Congress |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/congress-appoints-netta-dsouza-as-acting-president-of-mahila-congress/articleshow/85406081.cms |access-date=2022-05-02}}</ref>

==History==
{{Expand section|date=February 2020}}
One early high point for the organisation was a conference held in [[Bangalore]] in mid-1984 attended by [[Indira Gandhi]], [[Rajiv Gandhi]], and 30,000 delegates.{{Sfnp|Badhwar|2014}}

== Organisation ==
The All India Mahila Congress (AIMC) is split into regional branches designated as [[:Wikt:Pradesh|Pradesh]] [[:Wikt:mahila|Mahila]] Congress (State Women's Congress) which represents the AIMC in the [[states and union territories of India]].{{Sfnp|Kumar|1990|pp=48–49}} The AIMC consists of the card–holding women members of the [[Indian National Congress]] which elects the executive committee and state president of each of the PMCCs.{{Sfnp|AICC|2013}}{{Failed verification|date=February 2020|reason=Source seems to mention AICC but not AIMC and not PMCCs}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+List of Pradesh Mahila Congress Committees
!PMCC
!PMCC President
|-
|[[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] TMCC
|
|-
|[[Andhra Pradesh]] PMCC
|K. Prameelamma
|-
|[[Arunachal Pradesh]] PMCC
|
|-
|[[Assam]] PMCC
|
|-
|[[Bihar]] PMCC
|
|-
|[[Chandigarh]] TMCC
|Deipa Asdhir Dubey
|-
|[[Chhattisgarh]] PMCC
|[[Phulo Devi Netam]]
|-
|[[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu]] TMCC
|
|-
|[[Delhi]] PMCC
|Amrita Dhawan
|-
|[[Goa]] PMCC
|
|-
|[[Gujarat]] PMCC
|
|-
|[[Haryana]] PMCC
|Sumitra Chauhan
|-
|[[Himachal Pradesh]] PMCC
|
|-
|[[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] PMCC
|
|-
|[[Jharkhand]] PMCC
|
|-
|[[Karnataka]] PMCC
|
|-
|[[Kerala]] PMCC
|Jebi Mather 
|-
|[[Ladakh]] TMCC
|
|-
|[[Lakshadweep]] TMCC
|
|-
|[[Madhya Pradesh]] PMCC
|Mandvi Chauhan
|-
|[[Maharashtra]] PMCC
| Mrs. Charulata Tokas
|-
|[[Manipur]] PMCC
|
|-
|[[Meghalaya]] PMCC
|
|-
|[[Mizoram]] PMCC
|
|-
|[[Mumbai]] RMCC
|Anisha Bagul 
|-
|[[Nagaland]] PMCC
|
|-
|[[Odisha]] PMCC
|Bandita Parida
|-
|[[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]] PMCC
|
|-
|[[Punjab, India|Punjab]] PMCC
|Smt. Balvir Sodhi (Rani)
|-
|[[Rajasthan]] PMCC
|Smt. Rehana Rayaz Chisti
|-
|[[Sikkim]] PMCC
|
|-
|[[Tamil Nadu]] PMCC
|
|-
|[[Telangana]] PMCC
|Sunitha rao 
|-
|[[Tripura]] PMCC
|
|-
|[[Uttarakhand]] PMCC
|[[Sarita Arya]]
|-
|[[Uttar Pradesh]] PMCC
|
|-
|[[West Bengal]] PMCC
|
|}

===List of presidents===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!President
!Period
|-
|[[Begum Abida Ahmed]]
|1983–1988
|-
|[[Jayanti Patnaik]]
|1988–1990{{sfnp|PoI|2014}}
|-
|[[Kumudben Joshi]]
|1990–1993
|-
|[[Girija Vyas]]
|1993–1998
|-
|[[Ambika Soni]]
|1998–1999
|-
|[[Chandresh Kumari Katoch]]
|1999–2003
|-
|[[Rita Bahuguna Joshi]]
|2003–2008
|-
|[[Prabha Thakur]]
|2008–2011
|-
|[[Anita Varma]]
|2011–2013
|-
|[[Shobha Oza]]
|2013–2017
|-
|[[Sushmita Dev]]
|2017–2021<ref name="termend3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/sushmita-dev-quits-congress-changes-twitter-bio-to-partys-former-leader-4090232.html|title=Sushmita Dev, Who Backed CAA, Quits Cong; Kapil Sibal Says 'Party Moves on with Eyes Wide Open'|date=16 August 2021|website=News18}}</ref>
|-
|Netta D'Souza
|Current
|}

===General Secretary===
In October 2015 [[Nagma]], who was previously a film actress, was appointed to the office General Secretary.{{Sfnp|PTI|2015}}  In January 2019 INC president [[Rahul Gandhi]] appointed [[Apsara Reddy]] as National General Secretary, Reddy being noted as the first [[transgender]] office holder in the AIMC.{{Sfnp|Newsd|2019}}

In March 2020, [[Aiyshwarya Mahadev ]]  was appointed its National Secretary.

In August 2021, Netta D'Souza was appointed its National President.{{sfnp|CTBUREAU NTB|2020}}

==See also==

* [[Indian Youth Congress]]
* [[National Students' Union of India]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Refbegin|2}}
* {{cite web|author=AICC|title=Congress in states|date=3 February 2013
      |url=http://www.aicc.org.in/new/congress-in-states.php|url-status=dead|website=All India Congress Committee
      |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203000000/http://www.aicc.org.in/new/congress-in-states.php|archive-date=3 February 2013|author-link=All India Congress Committee}}
* {{Cite news|last1=Badhwar|first1=Inderjit|date=17 February 2014|title=All India Mahila Congress hit by political infighting between its chairperson and convenor
      |orig-year=1986|newspaper=[[India Today]]|access-date=22 February 2020|archive-date=22 February 2020
      |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19861031-all-india-mahila-congress-hit-by-political-infighting-between-its-chairperson-and-convenor-801370-1986-10-31
      |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222221108/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19861031-all-india-mahila-congress-hit-by-political-infighting-between-its-chairperson-and-convenor-801370-1986-10-31
      |location=India|url-status=live}}
* {{cite news|author=CTBUREAU NTB|date=4 March 2020|title=Aishwarya Mahadev appointed secretary of All India Mahila Congress
      |url=https://citytoday.news/aishwarya-mahadev-appointed-secretary-of-all-india-mahila-congress/|access-date=10 June 2021
      |newspaper=City Today|url-status=live|location=Mysore|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610083353/https://citytoday.news/aishwarya-mahadev-appointed-secretary-of-all-india-mahila-congress/|archive-date=10 June 2021}}
* {{Cite AV media|last=Gandi|first=Rajiv|date=c. 1987|chapter=Inauguration of All-India Mahila Congress (1) Conference by PM at New Delhi.
      |title=Rajiv Gandhi Archive Movie A-041|publisher=[[Rajiv Gandhi Foundation]]|url=https://archive.org/details/RajivGandhi.movie.A-041|access-date =23 February 2020
      |location = India|time=54|author-link=Rajiv Gandhi}}
* {{Cite book|last=Kumar|first=Kedar Nath|date=1 January 1990|title=Political Parties in India, Their Ideology and Organisation
      |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x3pJ8t4rxIsC&q=mahila+congress&pg=PA48
      |publisher=Mittal Publications|via=Google Books|isbn=9788170992059|oclc=243718494|ol=OL4597958W}}
* {{Cite news|author=Newsd|date=8 January 2019|title=Congress appoints Apsara Reddy as the first transgender National General Secretary of AIMC
      |url=http://newsd.in/congress-appoints-apsara-reddy-as-the-first-transgender-officer-bearer/|work=Newsd www.newsd.in|access-date=23 February 2020|url-status=live
      |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414093722/https://newsd.in/congress-appoints-apsara-reddy-as-the-first-transgender-officer-bearer/|archive-date=14 April 2019}}
* {{cite web|author=PoI|date=2014|title=Biographical Sketch: Member of Parliament, 12th Lok Sabha|url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12or11.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112033729/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12or11.htm|archive-date=12 January 2014|url-status=dead|access-date=23 February 2020}}
* {{Cite news|author=PTI|date=6 October 2015|title=Nagma made General Secretary of All India Mahila Congress
      |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/nagma-made-general-secretary-of-all-india-mahila-congress/articleshow/49248078.cms|publisher=The Economic Times|location=India
      |access-date=22 February 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200222072818/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/nagma-made-general-secretary-of-all-india-mahila-congress/articleshow/49248078.cms
      |archive-date=22 February 2020|url-status=live|author-link=Press Trust of India}}
* {{Cite book|last=Singh|first=Pitam|date=22 February 2003|title=Women Legislators in Indian Politics
      |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ldhazU_vvQcC&q=mahila+congress&pg=PA69
      |oclc=491611670|ol=OL3716171M|isbn=9788180690198|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|via=Google Books}}
* {{Cite web|author=The New Indian Express|date=25 October 2019|title=All India Mahila Congress writes to Amit Shah over Gopal Kanda's support to BJP in Haryana
      |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/oct/25/all-india-mahila-congress-writes-to-amit-shah-over-gopal-kandas-support-to-bjp-in-haryana-2052895.html|website=[[The New Indian Express]]
      |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027153151/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/oct/25/all-india-mahila-congress-writes-to-amit-shah-over-gopal-kandas-support-to-bjp-in-haryana-2052895.html
      |archive-date=27 October 2019|url-status=live}}
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== External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20190404103926/https://www.aimc.in/ Official website]

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