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Voting Age Reduced

India · Government / Congress Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1988Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1988

Rajiv Gandhi1988

Government / Congress Party

The Sixty-first Amendment lowers the voting age for Lok Sabha and state assembly elections from 21 to 18.

Names involved

Rajiv Gandhi

Provenance

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