Analyse the circumstances that led to the restoration of Congress system after
the party’s split in 1969.
Socialists credentials, Ten point programme, Nationalisation of Banks, Nationalisation of General Insurance, Pro-poor programmes.
Land Reforms, Land Celling Act.
GaribiHatao – Positive programme.
Abolition of Privy Purse.
Generation of a support base among the disadvantaged, landless Labourors, dalits, adivasis, minorities, women and unemployed youth.
Results of the General Elections 1971 – Congress Victory.
Victory in the Indo-Pak War 1971 – Indira Gandhi seen as the protector of the poor & the underprivileged but also as a strong nationalist leader.
Sweeping through State Assembly Elections in 1972 by the Congress. With two successive election victories, one at the Center and the other at the State level, the dominance of the Congress was restored.
Indira Gandhi had reinvented the party – It relied on the popularity of a supreme leader. It had a weak organizational structure and did not have many factions. She restored the Congress by changing the nature of the Congress itself.
Describe the external and internal disputes responsible for making the politics of
Jammu and Kashmir continuously controversial.
Describe any three major developments that left a long lasting impact on the
politics of India after the death of Rajiv Gandhi.
