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When the Nav Nirman movement resulted in the forced resignation of the Gujarat government, student protests had already begun in Bihar. Unlike the Nav Nirman movement, political student outfits like Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) connected with the Jana Sangh, Samajwadi Yuvajan Sabha (SYS) connected with Samajwadi Party, and Lok Dal took an active role in the JP movement.
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In the UK, Surur Hoda launched "Free JP", a campaign for the release of Jayaprakash Narayan that was chaired by Nobel Peace Prize winner Philip Noel-Baker. [30] On 18 January 1977, Indira Gandhi revoked the emergency and announced elections. The Janata Party, a vehicle for the broad spectrum of the opposition to Gandhi, was formed under JP's ...
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When the Emergency was lifted and a new election called in 1977, opposition leaders joined to form the JP. In the 1977 general election, the party defeated the Congress (R) and JP leader Morarji Desai became the first non-Congress prime minister in independent modern India's history. [13] Narain defeated Gandhi at Rae Bareli in that election ...
In the trend, kids play the 1984 track “Smalltown Boy” by the British pop band Bronski Beat and wait to see how their parents respond. "Muscle memory" took over, Leanne Lynn, 57, tells TODAY.com.
Bihar has a High Court that has been functioning since 1916. All of the government headquarters are situated in the state capital Patna. [5] For administrative purposes, Bihar state has nine divisions—Patna, Tirhut, Saran, Darbhanga, Kosi, Purnia, Bhagalpur, Munger, and Magadh Division—which between them are subdivided into thirty-eight ...
Prasad was a member of the Dangi, [5] subcaste of the Koeri caste, [6] and was referred to as the "Lenin of Bihar" due to his charisma. [7] He led the Shoshit Samaj Dal [8] and during the early 1970s, at the height of the caste tensions known as the Bihar Movement, he was able to attract much support from both members of the Other Backward Classes and the Dalits in their opposition to upper ...