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| party_name = Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee<br />
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| party_logo =[[File:Congresspartylogo….png|180px]] <br />
| president = [[Jagdish Thakor]]<br />
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| headquarters = Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan, [[Ahmedabad]]-380006, [[Gujarat]]<br />
| alliance = [[United Progressive Alliance]]<br />
| ideology = {{ubl|[[Populism]]|[[Social liberalism]]|[[Democratic socialism]]|[[Social democracy]]|[[Secularism]]}}<br />
| youth = Gujarat Youth Congress<br />
| women = [[Gujarat Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee]]<br />
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| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|3|11|hex=#00BFFF}}<br />
| state_seats_name = [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]<br />
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| website = [http://www.incgujarat.com// INC Gujarat Website]<br />
| symbol = [[File:Hand_INC.svg|150px]]<br />
| eci=|chairman=[[Sukhram Rathva]]}}<br />
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The '''Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee''' (GPCC) is the unit of the [[Indian National Congress]] for the state of [[Gujarat]]. [[Jagdish Thakor]] is the president of the Committee<ref>https://www.inc.in/en/pcc-presidents</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
It was formed in 1920 and its first and longest running president was [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]]. The GPCC would organize Indian nationalist campaigns during the [[Indian freedom struggle]], and after independence in 1947, it became responsible for supplying candidates of the Congress in local and state election campaigns.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Jaffrelot|first=Christophe|date=2017-10-10|title=The Congress in Gujarat (1917–1969): Conservative Face of a Progressive Party|journal=Studies in Indian Politics|volume=5|issue=2|pages=248–261|language=en|doi=10.1177/2321023017727982|s2cid=158248463}}</ref><br />
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==Office==<br />
Gujarat Pradesh Congress started functioning at Khamasa, [[Ahmedabad]] under leadership of Kantilal Ghiya, the first president.<br />
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In 1971, it was shifted to Shahpur and then to Hawawala Blocks on Ashram Road, Ahmedabad.<br />
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During 1977, it was again shifted to Khanpur, which till recently was Ahmedabad City Congress Committee (INC DCC Office). Subsequently to Vikram Chambers on Ashram Road.<br />
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Finally the place where Rajiv Bhawan stands at present was handed over to Congress by [[Hitendrabhai Desai]].<br />
INC Gujarat is run from this premises, which was inaugurated on 28 December 2006 by [[Ahmed Patel|Ahmedbhai Patel]], Rajya Sabha MP.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
* [[Congress Working Committee]]<br />
* [[All India Congress Committee]]<br />
* [[Pradesh Congress Committee]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{Official website|http://www.incgujarat.com/}}<br />
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