Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
India's War: World War II and the Making of Modern South Asia (2016). wide-ranging scholarly survey excerpt; Read, Anthony, and David Fisher. The Proudest Day: India's Long Road to Independence (1999) detailed scholarly history of 1940–47; Roy, Kaushik. "Military Loyalty in the Colonial Context: A Case Study of the Indian Army during World ...
India has a multi-party system.The Election Commission of India (ECI) accord to national-level and state-level political parties based upon objective criteria. A recognised political party enjoys privileges like a reserved party symbol, [a] free broadcast time on state-run television and radio, consultation in the setting of election dates, and giving input in setting electoral rules and ...
General elections were held in British India in December 1945 to elect members of the Central Legislative Assembly and the Council of State. [2] The Indian National Congress emerged as the largest party, winning 57 of the 102 elected seats. [3] The Muslim League won all Muslim constituencies, but failed to win any other seats.
World War II breaks out and political dead lock in India; 2 January – The Muslim League at Patna disapproves the Federation scheme which has already been disapproved by Congress. [1] 29 January – Subhas Chandra Bose is reelected president of Congress at Bombay (a victory for opponents of Federation). [2]
In 1945, when World War II had almost come to an end, the Labour Party of the United Kingdom won elections with a promise to provide independence to India. [40] [41] The jailed political prisoners were released in 1945. [42]
India in World War II — wartime 1940s in India and colonial British India, and part of the British Empire in World War II. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
The history of independent India or history of Republic of India began when the country became an independent sovereign state within the British Commonwealth on 15 August 1947. Direct administration by the British, which began in 1858, affected a political and economic unification of the subcontinent.
Every political party in India, whether a national or regional/state party, must have a symbol and must be registered with the Election Commission of India. Symbols are used in the Indian political system to identify political parties in part so that illiterate people can vote by recognizing the party symbols. [16]