Author’s Note : Please read Part I (and disclaimer) here and Part II here As the next reelections came close, Indira Gandhi would declare a controversial national emergency, giving her despotic powers. The opposition – the socialist parties, the liberal parties, Congress offshoots like Utkal Congress, Bharatiya Kranti Dal and Jana Congress and the Hindu right with Jan Sangh, would combine to form the Janata Party and contest...

Author’s Note : Part 1 available here, along with the Disclaimer. Nehru would be reelected in 1962, but with a mildly lesser majority. The liberal C Rajagopalachari and his nascent Swatantra Party would garner 8% of the electorate (Though only 18 seats in 494 member assembly). Pro Tamil Dravida Munntera Kazhagam would also make its debut in the Lok Sabha with 7 seats. Nehru’s regime would suffer a further blow when China...

Disclaimer: Vote share and seat data has been obtained from wikipedia. I wasn’t able to access the ECI website for confirmation at the time of collating the data, but I’ve confirmed the latter from Manorama Year Book. And please read through and think before you react. Sometime in August 1947, two nations were born in the Indian subcontinent, leaving behind a century of hardships and the shackles of a colonial past. There...

In our history text books we give a lot of importance to the freedom struggle and the patriots who fought against the British. And many a times most of the descriptions are emotional in nature. Does this present a problem ? Should history and emotions be mixed ? History should be taught like mathematics. Provide simple facts are figures to the students. If there is a something thats is a controversy then let it remain a controversy....