Post-independence consolidation to 1991
First general elections, Congress dominance and the opposition parties
Practise 2 PYQsConcepts to cover
- First general election under Chief Election Commissioner Sukumar Sen, universal adult franchise, Congress wins 364 of 489 seats
- One-party dominance, the Congress as coalition and umbrella, Rajni Kothari's Congress system
- Socialist Party 1948 (Jayaprakash Narayan, Acharya Narendra Dev, Lohia) after leaving Congress, KMPP 1951, Praja Socialist Party 1952, Lohia's SSP
- Bharatiya Jana Sangh 1951 founded by Syama Prasad Mookerjee; Swatantra Party 1959 founded by C. Rajagopalachari with N.G. Ranga and Minoo Masani; Congress for Democracy 1977 of Jagjivan Ram
- CPI in elections, E.M.S. Namboodiripad's Kerala ministry 1957 as the first elected communist government, dismissal 1959, CPI(M) split 1964
Where to study
Politics in India Since Independence, Textbook in Political Science for Class XII (prelims and contents)
- ch. 2 Era of One-Party Dominance
A Brief History of Modern India · Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum)
- ch. 37 First General Elections
India Since Independence (Bipan Chandra, Mridula Mukherjee, Aditya Mukherjee), Google Books record with table of contents
- ch. Political Parties: The Congress
- ch. The Opposition
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XII History
- ch. 8 Reconstruction of Post-colonial India