Rajiv Gandhi

Chapter : 5 Assassination of Indira Gandhi and Riots against Sikhs Indira Gandhi ordered Indian Army to storm Golden Temple to flush out Jarnail Singh Bhinderanwale and his followers from the temple. Although Operation Blue Star was successful in getting rid of Bhinderanwale but it initiated resentment among the Sikhs against Indira Gandhi. The Times of India published excerpts of an Interview which Mrs. Gandhi gave to BBC reporter on 20th June 1984 with a headline ‘Action against terrorists,…

rightfully credits Rao for being the ‘principal architect of India's economic reforms.’ The Congress party, although, has assiduously given credit for the 1991 reforms to Dr. Manmohan Singh, Rao’s finance minister and to Rajiv Gandhi, a former prime minister from the Nehru-Gandhi family. The author provides ‘behind-the-scenes details of how Rao neutralised criticism to the radical economic reforms both from sections of the opposition and from within his own party.’ 21 June to 24 July 1991…

Failed Schemes and Projects. Ganga action plan: - Route in 1986, the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi dispatched Rs 462-crore venture to clean the Ganga in Varanasi. Under this plan sewage treatment plants were situated up, crude sewage was cut off and occupied, electric and wood crematoria was situated up and minimal effort sanitation offices…

At a time Bharatavarsha was largely fragmented with Greek invaders still lurking around (left by Alexander), a brahmin scholar masterminded their expulsion and reinstated a powerful Indian empire using the military strength of Chandragupta Maurya. Mired in myths, the name Chanakya, invokes to this day, the image of a scheming strategist who used realpolitik as a necessary means to common good. Two millenniums later, the modern nation-state of India found itself in more dire conditions. Four…

and economic elites, and the government had a strong anti-business attitude (Kohli 2007). With a change of government in 1980 and the return of Indira Gandhi as Prime Minister, the promotion of economic growth became the focus of the government’s economic policy, leading to a growing alliance between the political and economic elites. Indira Gandhi let it be known that improving production was now her top priority to build the economy of India. Therefore, beginning in the 1980s, the Indian…

Gandhi’s regime in the 1980s. In the 1960s, some political scientists and even some governors of states who were affected by defection thought it to be a phase which would pass soon”. There was a clear cut indication that Rajiv Gandhi was not going to continue with Mrs. Indira Gandhi’s political ethos. His stand on political defections had made the fact very clear. On December 29, 1984, Chief Minister Ramakrishna Hegde of Karnataka tendered the resignation of his Janta Party…

Top 10 Best Child Specialist in Thane INTRODUCTION A child is a unique gift to its respective parents and so the parents are completely responsible and authorized to take care of him/her. Children especially of 1-5 years old are more susceptible to various kinds of illness and diseases because of their weak developed immune system, so in case of anything above we should immediately consult a pediatrician (child-specialist) and discuss the smallest things that are affecting our child’s health.…

“What is more important? Man or Monkeys” this was the question asked by the Chairman of Kerala State Electricity Board, in 1970. The incident dates back to the days when Silent Valley protection movement was at peak. Save Silent Valley was a movement to save the Silent valley, an evergreen forest in Kerala, in 1973. The campaign was designed to save the Silent Valley from being flooded due to construction of Hydro-electric power plant in that very place by Kerala State Electricity Board. This…

sought to be projected by the BJP as if these were akin to American-style Presidential elections in a bipolar polity, one in which two personalities were often perceived to be bigger than the parties they represent. It was Narendra Modi versus Rahul Gandhi, and the former won hands down” (Thakurta, 2014). Victory of Modi is been seen as boon for many corporate sector and stock market (Thakurta, 2014). “Economic policy reflected in the new government’s maiden budget focuses on favouring foreign…

Since its independence, India has come a long way in terms of its democratic journey. It has faced many challenges and has its own set of unique problems. Today, about 80 percent of the Indian population is Hindu, and the recent political and social trends show that there is a rise of a Hindu Nationalism in India. There are many factors like, the decreasing popularity and power of Congress over the years, party fragmentation and rise in leadership and popularity of the BJP that are responsible…