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    We were still stuck in it. We were a corrupt nation that allowed for deep inequality. Poverty and hunger continue to reel in the minds of our western counter parts when they imagined India. The patronage policy was set forth with the rise of Indira Gandhi in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. It was a known fact that patronage would allow chief ministers to gain a position of power in the cabinet or any other position at the centre. The shuffling and change of chief ministers in the state of Maharashtra

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    Four years thereafter, she was president of the party. It was finally in 1966 when Indira Gandhi was given her first opportunity to govern the Republic of India as Prime Minister, following the death of Prime Minister Shastri. Even though she was governing as a reserve, Gandhi had her first campaign victory in the national elections of 1971. For the subsequent years, Indira Gandhi and her administration had successfully governed India. She was in office for fifteen years

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    been anything in particular. People are aggrieved when they hear of the incident and narrate stories of how runaway crime could have increased on Sikhs during the time. The main reason for the advent of the riots was the shooting down of Mrs. Indira Gandhi in morning of 31 October 1984. The riots had started off in the evening just after her morning death. The information of the riots was already taken by Giyani Jail Singhji that meeting of congress leaders – Arun Nehru, HKL Bhagat and Jagdish Tytler

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    the decision of remission for the three convicts - Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan on the Tamil Nadu state government. The Tamil Nadu government’s decision resulted in an emotional outburst from Rajiv Gandhi’s son and Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in his political rally the same day. Rahul said “I am sad the killers are being freed,” he said he does not

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    Indira Gandhi Analysis

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    Rough draft This is a document explaining why indira gandhi was a good prime minister and why her assassination was unjust. Indira gandhi was the first woman leader of india and came to be the prime minister and a very successful leader. she lead india in a way that many of india’s citizens would only dream of she was very brave and did some things very little have achieved like settling disputes between certain government parties. As well as she helped with the countries famine and food shortages

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    When we hear the word power politics many related words strike our mind that together form its foundation. These words are treachery, diplomacy and hypocricy which are the guiding principles in politics and act as a vehicle for a politician towards great success and achievements. Political leaders increase their power through manipulating peoples mind and emotions for their own benefits. The present paper highlights the same fact by presenting the journey of transformation of an innocent childish

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    governmental interference in campaigning, the opposition demanded Gandhi’s resignation. The ensuing strikes across the country including those of public services such as railways coupled with the opposition’s relentless demands of resignation led Gandhi to declare a state of emergency in 1975 due to a state of internal threat. This decision effectively censored the free press and jailed opposition leaders, marking the start of a dark period in Indian History. These were the culminating political

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    Not long after May 11, 1998 at Pokhran, a betray site in the Indian province of Rajasthan, gatherings of neighborhood Bishnoi herders—whose traditions prohibit murdering creatures or cutting trees—heard a gigantic blast, and viewed in astonishment as a colossal clean cloud coasted in the sky. What the Indian ranchers did not understand, but rather the representatives in Washington and around the globe soon got a handle on, was the way that India had quite recently joined the United States, Russia

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    Introduction Handloom industry is one of Economic generation organization for India because people in india give more preference to their traditional culture. The handloom industry is next after the agriculture for providing livelywood for the people. The government has given the importance to the industry by promoting handloom products and special intrest in export of the handloom products.The Office of the Development Commissioner for Handlooms has been implementing a various units through out

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    quite ironic that Desai has the Judge, Jemubhai Patel, ruling for the opposition, since in the history of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, was an important figure in history, bring about unity and hope for the country, working alongside with Mahatma Gandhi. In 1931 he was “ presided over the 46th session of the Indian National Congress” (Indian National

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