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Election

India · Politics / Janata Dal (United) Party. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1975–1977Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1975

Atal Behari Vajpayee1975

Politics / Bharatiya Janata Dal (United) Party

When Indira Gandhi imposes a state of emergency, postponing elections and misusing major central powers granted to her by the Constitution, the BJS join coalition of parties in active protest, Vajpayee is arrested

1977

Atal Behari Vajpayee1977

Politics / Bharatiya Janata Dal (United) Party

When Gandhi calls elections, the BJS invests all its political and organisational capital in merging into the new Janata Dal (United) Party, a unified opposition party

Names involved

Atal Behari Vajpayee

Provenance

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