Surendranath Banerjea1898
Appointed Congress President, 1st term
India · Politics / National Congress. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Appointed Congress President, 1st term
Appointed Congress President, 2nd term
Appointed President of the Indian National Congress
Appointed President of the Indian National Congress
After Nehrus death in 1964, the party's future comes into question, no leader is competitive enough to touch Nehrus iconic status, so the second-stage leadership mustered around the compromise candidate, Lal Bahadur Shastri
A broad Congress Party election opts for Indira Gandhi, Nehrus daughter, over the right-wing, conservative Morarji Desai
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