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5 days ago · From 1951 until his death in 1964, Jawaharlal Nehru dominated the Congress Party, which won overwhelming victories in the elections of 1951–52, 1957, and 1962. The party united in 1964 to elect Lal Bahadur Shastri and in 1966 Indira Gandhi (Nehru’s daughter) to the posts of party leader and thus prime minister.
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- The Indian National Congress is one of two major political parties in India. It was influential in the 20th-century Indian independence movement an...
- The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885, initially with the goal of pursuing moderate reform under the British raj in India. Its roots are...
- The Indian National Congress was initially focused on moderate reform under the British raj in India. However, some early 20th-century activists be...
- Prior to Indian independence, the Indian National Congress was a champion of moderate reform, although during the 1920s and ’30s it transitioned to...
- The Indian National Congress’s prominent Gandhi family is not related to Mahatma Gandhi. Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter Indira Gandhi, who both...
18 hours ago · The longest-serving prime minister was Jawaharlal Nehru, also the first prime minister, whose tenure lasted 16 years and 286 days. His premiership was followed by Lal Bahadur Shastri 's short tenure and Indira Gandhi 's 11- and 4-year-long tenures, both politicians belonging to the Indian National Congress .
3 days ago · The historical controversy has centered on the culpability of independent India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, in not seizing several alleged opportunities for India to join the United Nations Security Council as a permanent member in the 1950s.
1 day ago · Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and deputy prime minister Vallabhbhai Patel had invited Mountbatten to continue as Governor General of India during the period of transition. He was replaced in June 1948 by Rajagopalachari. In May 1947, Nehru declared that any princely state which refused to join the Constituent Assembly would be treated as an ...
5 days ago · Then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru hailed the Indo-China Agreement on Tibet of 1954, as an all-encompassing-ideal peace framework. But within a decade, China went against the principles of peaceful coexistence and respect for sovereignty by thrusting a war on India in 1962.
1 day ago · Written by India's first PM Jawaharlal Nehru, ‘The Discovery of India’ is an overview of Indian history, culture, and philosophy. Nehru wrote it while imprisoned by the British, and the book ...
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5 hours ago · Nehru and Ambedkar maintained cordial ties till the latter’s death,” Mr. Mohan said. “It is unjust on the part of Mr. Modi to distort historical facts,” he added. Mr. Mohan also condemned ...
