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INKredible India: The story of 1977 Lok Sabha election - All you need to know

War. Inflation. Mass protests. Emergency. These developments in the years leading up to the 1977 Lok Sabha election would see Congress ousted from power for the first time ever in independent India.

Mar 14, 2019, 09:38 AM IST

INKredible India: The story of 1971 Lok Sabha election - All you need to know

Lok Sabha election in 1971 was all about how the Indian National Congress split into two even as many rival parties grouped together to mount a challenge to Indira Gandhi.

Mar 07, 2019, 16:14 PM IST

INKredible India: The story of 1967 Lok Sabha election - All you need to know

Two wars, death of two prime ministers, rise of Indira Gandhi, economic slowdown, food shortage and a number of other factors shaped the years leading up to Lok Sabha election 1967.

Mar 06, 2019, 13:39 PM IST

INKredible India: The story of 1962 Lok Sabha election - All you need to know

Lok Sabha election 1962 saw the emergence of Swatantra Party at a time when there was some dissatisfaction within the Congress ranks even if the party itself remained absolutely dominant under Jawaharlal Nehru.

Mar 06, 2019, 10:01 AM IST

INKredible India: The story of 1951-1952 Lok Sabha election - All you need to know

India's first-ever Lok Sabha election was an exercise in asserting the country's democratic credentials just a few years after independence and a year after the Constitution was adopted. With rampant poverty and illiteracy, it was also a massive organisational challenge quite unprecedented at the time anywhere in the world.

Feb 24, 2019, 14:08 PM IST

Atal Bihari Vajpayee – the electoral history of BJP co-founder and three-term PM

The BJP co-founder was elected to the Lok Sabha 10 times. 

Aug 16, 2018, 15:41 PM IST

Debate ideologies despite differences: Rajnath Singh

The year-long birth centenary celebrations of RSS ideologue Deen Dayal Upadhyaya kicked off on Friday with Home Minister Rajnath Singh stressing upon the need for debate on every ideology, notwithstanding the differences of opinion.

Sep 25, 2015, 18:53 PM IST