become active in Congress party politics in the mid-1950s itself when her father was still alive‚ she first became a minister (Minister of Information and Broadcasting) in the cabinet of Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1964. Indira became Prime Minister in 1966 after the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri in Tashkent. After Shastri’s death‚ the senior leaders in the Congress party could not agree on a consensus candidate and picked on Indira thinking she
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kamaraj- he was instrumental in bringing to power two Prime Ministers‚ Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1964 and Indira Gandhi in 1966. In Tamil Nadu‚ his home state‚ he is still remembered for bringing school education to millions of the rural poor by introducing free education and the free Midday Meal Scheme during his tenure as chief minister. On 13 April 1954‚ K. Kamaraj became the Chief Minister of Madras Province. To everyone’s surprise‚ Kamaraj nominated C. Subramaniam and M. Bhakthavatsalam‚ who
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GLC IB Batch 2012-14 SCHOOL SURVEY NAME: Pallavi Mitra ROLL NO. : 81 Faculty Guide: Prof.: Sudipto Chakraborty PARIVARTAN MAHILA SANSTA NGO GUIDE : Ms. Jyoti Patekar‚ President SUMMARY: Parivartan Mahila Santha (estb: 1999)‚ I came to know about this NGO after a seminar was held in our college campus. This NGO had mainly established to help the women in the society. The women were backward and were almost jobless
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Election year 1 Jawaharlal Nehru 15 Aug 1947c 27 May 1964 1 14 Nov 1889 27 May 1964 Indian National Congress 1951 1957 1962 2 Gulzarilal Nanda 27 May 1964 9 Jun 1964 * 4 Jul 1898 15 Jan 1998 Indian National Congress 3 Lal Bahadur Shastri 9 Jun 1964 11 Jan 1966 1 2 Oct 1904 11 Jan 1966 Indian National Congress 4 Gulzarilal Nanda 11 Jan 1966 24 Jan 1966 * 4 Jul 1898 15 Jan 1998 Indian National Congress 5 Indira Gandhi 24 Jan 1966 c 24 Mar 1977 19 Nov
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Jawaharlal Nehru born on 14th November 1889 in Allahabad‚ was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics for much of the 20th century. He emerged as the paramount leader of the Indian Independence Movement under Mahatma Gandhi and ruled India from its establishment as an independent nation in 1947 until his death in office in 1964. Nehru is considered to be the architect of the modern Indian nation-state; a sovereign‚ socialist‚ secular‚ and democratic republic. A
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List of Indian Prime Ministers (1947-2009) 1 | Jawahar Lal Nehru | 15-Aug-1947 | 27-May-1964 | 14-Nov-1889 | 27-May-1964 | Indian NationalCongress | 2 | Gulzarilal Nanda | 27-May-1964 | 9 June 1964 * | 4 July 1898 | 15-Jan-1998 | Indian NationalCongress | 3 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | 09-Jun-1964 | 11-Jan-1966 | 02-Oct-1904 | 11-Jan-1966 | Indian NationalCongress | 4 | Gulzarilal Nanda | 11-Jan-1966 | 24 January 1966 * | 4-July-1898 | 15-Jan-1998 | Indian NationalCongress | 5 | Indira Gandhi
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Elected Congress President in 1959‚ she was offered the premiership in succession to her father. Gandhi refused and instead chose to become a cabinet minister in the government. She finally consented to become Prime Minister in succession to Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966. As Prime Minister‚ Gandhi became known for her political ruthlessness and unprecedented centralization of power. She presided over a period where India emerged with greater power than before to become the regional hegemon of South
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dated August 13‚ 1948 the United Nations asked Pakistan to remove its troops after which India also remove a majority of its forces. They started fighting again in 1965‚ but a truce was established that September when Indian Prime Minister‚ Lal Bhadur Shastri‚ and Pakistani President‚ M Ayub Khan‚ signed the Tashkent agreement on January 1‚ 1966. In 1972 Indira Gandhi‚ the Indian prime minister‚ and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto‚ the Pakistani prime minister‚ signed the Simla Agreement‚ which restated the
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| |1964 | | | | |MP for Sabarkantha | |(int) | | |3 | |Lal Bahadur Shastri |4 |9 June | | | | |(1904–1966) |
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The Prime Minister of India‚ as addressed to in the Constitution of India‚ is the chief of government‚ chief advisor to the President of India‚ head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament. The prime minister leads the executive branch of the Government of India. The prime minister is the senior member of cabinet in the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system. The prime minister selects and can dismiss other members of the cabinet; allocates
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