Politics In India Since Independence

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CHALLENGES OF NATION BUILDING

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SHAPING A NATION

ESTABLISHING DEMOCRACY

ENSURING DEVELOPMENT

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# OF PRINCELY STATES AT THE TIME OF INDEPENDENCE

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565

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DTY. PRIME MINISTER, 1ST HOME MINISTER OF INDIA

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SARDAR VALLABH BHAI PATEL

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THE NAME OF HYDERABAD'S NIZAM'S PARA-MILITARY FORCE

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RAZAKARS

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WHO WAS THE MAHARAJA OF MANIPUR AT THE TIME OF INDIAN INDEPENDENCE?

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BODHCHANDRA SINGH

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WHO WENT TO FAST UNTO DEATH FOR MADRAS TEMPLES TO BE OPENED FOR DALITS?

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POTTI SRIRAMULU

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COMMISSION TO LOOK INTO REDRAWING OF STATE BOUNDARIES

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STATE REORGANISATION COMMISSION (1953)

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STATE REORGANISATION COMMISSION ACT, 1956 LED TO THE CREATION OF _______________.

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14 STATES, 6 UTs

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THE ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA WAS FORMED IN WHICH YEAR?

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1950

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1ST CHIEF ELECTION COMMISSIONER (CEC)

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SUKUMAR SEN

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FIRST EDUCATION MINISTER

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MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD

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DURING THE 1 GENERAL ELECTIONS, WHICH PARTY WON THE 2ND HIGHEST NUMBER OF SEATS?

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COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (16 SEATS -- KERALA)

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FIRST HEALTH MINISTER

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RAJKUMARI AMRIT KAUR

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WHICH YEAR WAS THE CONGRESS SOCIALIST PARTY FORMED?

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1934

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WHEN AND WHY WAS THE SOCIALIST PARTY FORMED?

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1948, AFTER THE AMENDMENT OF THE ABILITY OF CONGRESS-MEMBERS TO HAVE DUAL MEMBERSHIPS

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NAME THE MAJOR SPLITS IN THE SOCIALIST PARTY

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KISAN MAZDOOR PRAJA PARTY

PRAJA SOCIALIST PARTY

SAMYUKHT SOCIALIST PARTY

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WHO WERE THE IMP. MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALIST PARTY?

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ACHARYA NARENDRA DEV

JAYAPRAKASH NARAYAN

ASOKA MEHTA

RAMMANOHAR LOHIA

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CONTEMPORARY PARTIES WITH ROOTS FROM SOCIALIST PARTY

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SAMAJWADI PARTY

RASHTRIYA JANATA DAL

JANATA DAL (UNITED)

JANATA DAL (SECULAR)

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WHO FOUNDED THE INDEPENDENT LABOUR PARTY?

WHO WAS THE CHAIRMAN OF THE DRAFTING COMMITTEE IN THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY?

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BABASAHED BHIMRAO RAMJI AMBEDKAR

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PRI

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"INSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTIONARY PARTY" (PRI IN SPANISH), MEXICO

WAS FORMED IN 1929 AS "NATIONAL REVOLUTIONARY PARTY"

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FIRST COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER

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RAFI AHMED KIDWAI

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IMP. MEMBERS OF CPI

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E.M.S. NAMBOODIRIPAD

A.K. GOPALAN

AJAY GHOSH

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FACTIONS WITHIN CPI

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COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA: PRO-SOVIET FACTION

COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (M): PRO-CHINESE FACTION

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WHEN AND BY WHOM WAS BHARTIYA JANA SANGH FORMED?

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1951, SHYAMA PRASAD MUJHERJEE

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BHARTIYA JANA SANGH HAS ITS ROOTS FROM WHICH TWO COLONIAL-INDIAN HINDU PRESSURE GROUPS?

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RSS

HINDU MAHASABHA

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FULL-FORM OF 'RSS'

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RASHTRIYA SWAYAMSEVAK SANGH

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IMP. LEADERS OF BHARTIYA JANA SANGH

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SHYAMA PRASAD MUKHERJEE

BALRAJ MADHOK

DEEN DAYAL UPADHYAYA

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ROOTS OF BHARTIYA JANATA PARTY

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BHARTIYA JANA SANGH

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WHEN WAS SWATANTRA PARTY FORMED?

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1959

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IMP. MEMBERS OF THE SWATANTRA PARTY

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C. RAJAGOPALCHARI

N.G. RANGA

K.M. MUNSHI

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FIRST INDIAN TO BE THE GOVERNER-GENERAL OF INDIA

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C. RAJAGOPALCHARI

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THE TWO MODELS OF DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERED BY INDIAN NATIONALISTS BEFORE INDEPENDENCE

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LIBERAL-CAPITALIST

SOCIALIST

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WHEN AND UNDER WHOM WAS THE NATIONAL PLANNING COMMISSION FORMED?

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1938, JAWAHARLAL NEHRU (INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS)

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WHEN AND BY WHOM WAS THE BOMBAY PLAN FORMED?

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1944, BIG INDUSTRIALISTS LIKE G.D. BIRLA

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WHO IS THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION?

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PRIME MINISTER

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FIRST FIVE YEAR PLAN

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1951, UNDER K.N. RAJ

FOCUS: AGRARIAN SECTOR (CONSTRUCTION OF DAMS, PROVIDING IRRIGATION FACILITIES ETC.

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SECOND FIVE YEAR PLAN

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1956, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF P.C. MAHALANOBIS

FOCUS: HEAVY INDUSTRIES (RAPID INDUSTRIALISATION)

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THIRD FIVE YEAR PLAN

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1961

FOCUS: MAKING INDIA SELF-SUFFICIENT IN FOOD-GRAIN PRODUCTION, GENERATING EMPLOYMENT, EXPANDING BASIC INDUSTRIES

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FOURTH FIVE YEAR PLAN

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WAS SUPPOSED TO START IN 1966 --GOVT. TOOK A 'PLAN HOLIDAY' TO MEET THE ECONOMIC AND INTERNATIONAL CRISES THE NATION WAS FACING AT THE TIME

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FOOD CRISIS: WHEN & WHERE?

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1960s, BIHAR

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WHAT WAS INDIA'S FOREIGN POLICY AFTER INDEPENDENCE?

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NON-ALIGNMENT

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WHICH ARTICLE UNDER THE DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY REINFORCES INDIA'S POLICY OF NON-ALIGNMENT?

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ARTICLE 51

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INDIAN NATIONAL ARMY WAS FORMED BY?

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NETAJI SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE

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WHEN AND WHERE WAS N.A.M. ESTABLISHED?

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BANDUNG (INDONESIA), 1955

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WHEN AND WHERE WAS THE FIRST N.A.M. SUMMIT HELD?

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BELGRADE, 1961

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IN WHICH YEAR DID INDIA RECEIVE REPRESENTATION IN THE U.N.?

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1971

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WHEN AND BETWEEN WHICH TWO COUNTRIES WAS THE PANCHSHEEL AGREEMENT SIGNED?

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1954

INDIA AND CHINA

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INDEPENDENCE OF TIBET

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1950

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WHEN WAS DALAI LAMA GRANTED ASYLUM BY INDIA?

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1959

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HOW LONG DID IT TAKE CHINA TO BUILD THE STRATEGIC ROAD AT AKSAI-CHIN?

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2 YEARS: 1957-59

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SINO-INDIAN CONFLICT

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1962

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WHEN WAS THE PROXY WAR FOUGHT IN KASHMIR?

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1947

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INDIA-PAKISTAN RIVER WATERS TREATY WAS SIGNED IN ___________.

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1960

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IN WHICH YEAR DID PAKISTAN EXTEND A TWO-PRONGED ATTACK ON INDIA (RANN OF KUTCHH AND KASHMIR)?

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1965

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IN WHICH YEAR WAS THE TASHKENT AGREEMENT SIGNED?

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1966

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BACKGROUND OF THE BANGLADESH CRISIS OF 1970

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POLITICAL RIVALRY BETWEEN SHEIKH MUJIB-UR RAHMAN (E. PAK.) AND ZULFIKAR ALI BHUTTO (W. PAK.)

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WHEN AND BETWEEN WHICH TWO COUNTRIES WAS THE SHIMLA AGREEMENT SIGNED?

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1972, INDIA AND PAKISTAN

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WHEN WAS THE SOVIET-INDIAN PEACE TREATY SIGNED?

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1971

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FULL-FORM OF N.P.T.

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NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY, 1968

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FULL-FORM OF C.T.B.T.

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COMPREHENSIVE TEST BAN TREATY

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WHICH DECADE IS KNOWN AS THE 'DANGEROUS DECADE'?

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1960s

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WHO GAVE THE SLOGAN 'JAI JAWAN, JAI KISAN'?

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LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI

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WHO WERE THE SYNDICATE?

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GROUP OF POWERFUL AND INFLUENTIAL LEADERS FROM WITHIN THE CONGRESS

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WHO COINED THE TERM 'NON-CONGRESSISM'?

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RAMMANOHAR LOHIA

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WHICH PARTY CAME INTO POWER IN TAMIL NADU IN 1967?

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DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZAKAM (D.M.K.)

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WHAT DID 'AYA RAM, GAYA RAM' CONNOTE?

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DEFECTION

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DEFINE 'PARTY-WHIP'

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PERSON WHO MAKES/INSTRUCTS PARTY MEMBERS TO VOTE FOR A PARTICULAR PERSON OR AGENDA

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WHICH PARTIES CONSTITUTED THE 'GRAND ALLIANCE'?

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NON-CONGRESS, NON-COMMUNIST PARTIES: SSP, PSP, BHARTIYA JANA SANGH, SWATANTRA PARTY, BHARTIYA KRANTI DAL

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WHEN DID THE GUJARAT MOVEMENT BEGIN?

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JANUARY, 1974

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WHEN DID THE BIHAR MOVEMENT START?

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MARCH, 1974

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WHEN AND WHERE DID THE NAXALITE MOVEMENT BEGIN?

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1967, NAXALBARI POLICE STATION, WEST BENGAL

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WHO ARE REGARDED AS THE 'UNSUNG HEROES' OF THE NAXALITES?

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CHARU MAJUMDAR

KANU SANYAL

JANGAL SANTHAL

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WHEN AND UNDER WHOSE LEADERSHIP DID THE RAILWAY STRIKE BEGIN?

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MAY 1974, GEORGE FERNANDES

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WHAT WERE THE CONFLICTS WITH JUDICIARY THAT INDIRA GANDHI FACED?

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ACTS OF OPPORTUNISM

ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT JUDGEMENT

COMMITTED JUDICIARY

SELECTION OF A.N. RAY AS THE CHIEF JUSTICE

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ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT CASE WAS FILED BY ______________________.

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RAJ NARAIN

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WHEN DID THE ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT GIVE ITS JUDGEMENT?

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1975

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WHO PRESIDED THE JUDGEMENT?

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JUSTICE JAGMOHAN LAL SINHA

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WHEN AND WHERE DID THE JP MOVEMENT HAPPEN?

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JUN 25, 1975

RAMLILA GROUNDS, DELHI

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WHEN AND UNDER WHOM WAS THE SHAH COMMISSION APPOINTED?

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1977, JUSTICE J.C. SHAH (APPOINTED BY THE JANATA PARTY GOVT.)

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WHEN AND WHERE DID THE CHIPKO MOVT. BEGIN?

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1970s, UTTARAKHAND

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DALIT PANTHERS

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MAHARASHTRA, 1972

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BHARTIYA KISAN UNION

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UTTAR PRADESH AND HARYANA, 1988

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ANTI-ARRACK MOVEMENT

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NELLORE DISTRICT, ANDHRA PRADESH, 1990s

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NARMADA BACHAO ANDOLAN

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GUJARAT, 1985

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MOVEMENT AGAINST CORRUPTION

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ANNA HAZARE, 2011

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RIGHT TO INFORMATION

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RAJASTHAN, 1990 (MAZDOOR PRAJA SHAKTI SANGATHAN)

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THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT WAS TAKEN OUT IN WHICH YEAR?

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2005

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JAMMU AND KASHMIR IS FACING INTRA-STATE PROBLEMS IN WHICH AREAS?

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JAMMU AND LADAKH

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THE PUNJAB ACCORD IS A.K.A. __________

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RAJIV GANDHI-LONGOWAL ACCORD, 1985

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LIST ALL NORTH-EASTERN STATES

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ARUNACHAL PRADESH

ASSAM

MEGHALAYA

NAGALAND

MANIPUR

MIZORAM

TRIPURA

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NAGALAND WAS GRANTED STATEHOOD IN

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1960

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WHEN DID MEGHALAYA, TRIPURA AND MANIPUR RECEIVE STATEHOOD?

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1972

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ARUNACHAL PRADESH AND MIZORAM BECAME STATES IN ________

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1987

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WHICH NORTH-EASTERN STATED DEMANDED AUTONOMY?

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ASSAM (AND THE ASSAMESE TRIBES OF THE BODOS, KARBIS AND DIMASAS)

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WHEN WAS THE ALL PARTY HILL LEADERS CONFERENCE FORMED?

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1960

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WHICH NORTH-EASTERN STATES SAW SECESSIONIST MOVEMENTS?

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NAGALAND

MIZORAM

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NAME THE POLITICAL ORGANISATION OPERATING IN NAGALAND

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NAGA NATIONAL COUNCIL

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WHO WAS THE LEADER OF THE NAGA NATIONAL COUNCIL?

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ANGAMI ZAPHU PHIZO

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NAME THE POLITICAL ORGANISATION THAT USED TO OPERATE IN MIZORAM

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MIZO NATIONAL FRONT

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WHICH ACCORD WAS SIGNED IN MIZORAM?

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RAJIV GANDHI-LALDENGA ACCORD (1986)

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WHICH NORTH-EASTERN STATE SAW A MOVEMENT AGAINST OUTSIDERS? WHO WERE THE 'OUTSIDERS'?

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ASSAM (AGAINST BANGLADESHIS)

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WHICH TWO ORGANISATIONS CAME TOGETHER TO FORM THE ASOM GANA PARISHAD?

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ALL ASSAM STUDENTS' UNION

ASOM GANA SANGHRAM PARISHAD

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WHEN DID SIKKIM BECOME A STATE OF THE INDIAN UNION, FROM BEING A PROTECTORATE?

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1975

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GOVT. OF INDIA SENT AN ARMY TO DRIVE THE PORTUGUESE OUT OF GOA IN _________

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1961

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FULL-FORM OF M.G.P.

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MAHARASHTRAWADI GOMANATHAK PARTY

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FULL-FORM OF U.G.P.

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UNITED GOAN PARTY

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IN WHICH YEAR DID GOA OBSERVE AN OPINION POLL?

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1967

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GOA BECAME A STATE IN WHICH YEAR?

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1987

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WHO WAS 'PERIYAR'?

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E.V. RAMASAMI NAICKER

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MENTION THE FACTIONS WITHIN DRAVIDA KAZAKAM

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DRAVIDA KAZAKAM (DK)

DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZAKAM (DMK)

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MENTION THE FACTIONS OF DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZAKAM

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DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZAKAM (DMK)

ALL INDIA ANNA DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZAKAM (AIADMK)

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HOW MANY SEATS DID CONGRESS WIN IN THE 1989 ELECTIONS?

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197

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WHEN DID THE ERA OF COALITIONS BEGIN?

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1989

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WHEN WAS 'MANDAL' IMPLEMENTED?

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1990

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WHAT IS THE FULL-FORM OF B.A.M.C.E.F.? NAME THE ASSOCIATED ORGANISATIONS.

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BACKWARD AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES EMPLOYEES FEDERATION

DALIT SHOSHIT SAMAJ SANGHARSH SAMITI AND BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY

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WHO STARTED THE BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY?

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KANSHI RAM

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WHO WAS KANSHI RAM'S SUCCESSOR?

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MAYAWATI

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WHEN WAS BHARTIYA JANATA PARTY (BJP) FOUNDED?

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1980

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WHAT USED TO BE BJP'S IDEOLOGY?

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GANDHIAN SECULARISM

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WHAT IS BJP'S CURRENT IDEOLOGY? WHO CHANGED IT?

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HINDUTVA (V.D. SAVARKAR)

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WHAT WERE THE TWO DEVELOPMENTS THAT LED TO THE RISE OF BJP?

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1985: SHAH BANO CASE

1986: AYODHYA DISPUTE

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WHEN AND WHERE DID THE GODHRA CASE HAPPEN?

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GUJARAT, 2002