| EXHUME | Dig out from the founder of the Indian National Congress (6) |
| EXCAVATE | Dig out from the earth |
| GANDHI | Sonia, Italian-born Indian politician who is the Indian National Congress party's longestserving president (6) |
| RAHUL | Indian politician and Member of Parliament who has served as the leader of the Indian National Congress and comes from a prominent political family.(First Name) (5) |
| ANNIEBESANT | British-born theosophist, writer and political reformer who was the first female president of the Indian National Congress (5,6) |
| SONIA | Gandhi who serves as the president of the Indian National Congress |
| NEHRU | Jawaharlal, statesman elected president of the Indian National Congress in 1928 (5) |
| STIMAC | Croatian centre-back who coaches the Indian national football team. (6) |
| BANYAN | Ban any (anag) - Indian national tree (6) |
| VIRAT | Indian cricketer who is the former captain of the Indian national cricket team, _ Kohli (5) |
| VIRATKOHLI | Current captain of the Indian national cricket team (5,5) |
| DESAI | Morarji ___, the first Indian Prime Minister who did not belong to the Indian National Congress |
| ABHISHEKNAYAR | Name the Indian national team batting coach who was dropped recently? (8,5) |
| OLIVERTAMBO | President of the African National Congress who resigned in favour of the recently released Nelson Mandela in 1991 (6,5) |
| AFRICAN | Self-defined as a disciplined force of the left is the ... National Congress |
| FAWNSHARP | *President of the National Congress of American Indians |
| NELSONMANDELA | President of the African National Congress, 1991-97 (6,7) |
| CONGRESS | Indian National ___ , political party of six Indian PMs (8) |
| TAMBO | Oliver ___, president of the African National Congress who stood down in favour of Nelson Mandela in 1991 (5) |
| PTA | Org. originally known as the National Congress of Mothers |
