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General elections were held in India between 5 September and 3 October 1999, a few months after the Kargil War.Results were announced on 6 October 1999. [1] [2]The elections saw the National Democratic Alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party win a majority in the Lok Sabha, the first time since 1984 that a party or alliance had won an outright majority and the second since the 1977 ...
21st ministry of the Republic of India: Date formed: 13 October 1999: Date dissolved: 22 May 2004: People and organisations; Head of state: K. R. Narayanan (until 25 July 2002) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (from 25 July 2002) Head of government: Atal Bihari Vajpayee: Deputy head of government: L. K. Advani: Member parties
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) 32: 21: 35.57: Communist Party Of India (CPI) 3 3 3.47 Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) 4 3 4.25 All India Forward Bloc (AIFB) 3 2 3.45 NDA: All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) 28 8 26.04 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 13 2 11.13 Congress+: Indian National Congress (INC) 41 3 13.29
11 July – India recaptures Kargil, forcing the Pakistan Army to retreat. India announces victory ending the two-month conflict. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed launches the People's Democratic Party in Jammu and Kashmir. 17 July – India signals the end of the flare-up with Pakistan by announcing that all infiltrators have withdrawn from Indian-held ...
All India Trinamool Congress: Lost 25 Uluberia: None Sudipta Roy All India Trinamool Congress: Won 26 Serampore: None Akbar Ali Khondkar: All India Trinamool Congress: Lost 27 Hooghly: None Tapan Dasgupta: All India Trinamool Congress: Lost 28 Arambagh: None Chunilal Chakraborty Bharatiya Janata Party: Lost 29 Panskura: None Gouri Ghosh All ...
20th ministry of the Republic of India: Date formed: 19 March 1998: Date dissolved: 12 October 1999: People and organisations; Head of state: K. R. Narayanan: Head of government: Atal Bihari Vajpayee: Member party: Bharatiya Janata Party : Status in legislature: Coalition
Kargil War Part of the Kashmir conflict and the India–Pakistan conflict Indian soldiers after capturing a hill from Pakistani forces Date 3 May – 26 July 1999 (2 months, 3 weeks and 2 days) Location Kargil district, Jammu and Kashmir (now Ladakh), India Result Indian victory India regains possession of Kargil Territorial changes Status quo ante bellum Belligerents India Pakistan Commanders ...
Since 1947, India has had 16 Prime Ministers. [a] Jawaharlal Nehru was India's first Prime Minister, serving as Prime Minister of the Dominion of India from 15 August 1947 until 26 January 1950, and thereafter of the Republic of India until his death in May 1964. (India conducted its first post-independence general elections in 1952).