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The Swatantra Party was an Indian classical liberal political party that existed from 1959 to 1974. It was founded by C. Rajagopalachari [ 13 ] in reaction to what he felt was the Jawaharlal Nehru -dominated Indian National Congress 's increasingly socialist and statist outlook.
Gayatri Devi ran for Parliament in 1962 and won the constituency in the Lok Sabha, winning 192,909 votes out of 246,516 cast. [25] She continued to hold this seat in 1967 and 1971 as a member of the Swatantra Party founded by C. Rajagopalachari, [12] running against the Indian National Congress.
He was the founding president of the Swatantra Party, and an exponent of the peasant philosophy. [2] He received the Padma Vibhushan award for his contributions to the Peasant Movement . N.G. Ranga served in the Indian Parliament for six decades, from 1930 to 1991.
The dissident parties formed an alliance called the National Democratic Front and fought against the Indian National Congress led by Indira Gandhi in the 1971 Indian general elections. [141] [142] However, the alliance fared badly. [143] The Swatantra Party's tally was reduced to 8 seats from 23 in the 1967 elections.
V.P. Menon: The Unsung Architect of Modern India is a non-fiction book by V. P. Menon's great-granddaughter Narayani Basu, published by Simon & Schuster India in 2020. [1] The book is a biography of V. P. Menon , an Indian civil servant who assisted Sardar Patel in the political integration of India , and was one of the founders of Swatantra ...
Pages in category "Swatantra Party politicians" The following 79 pages are in this category, out of 79 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
When Swatantra Party faded away in 1974, Raju, along with Geeta Doctor, took up full-time editorship of Freedom First in 1978. The Freedom First magazine had been started in 1953 by the Indian Committee for Cultural Freedom, which was established by Minoo Masani in Mumbai. Raju raised funds for its continuation in print, and funds for ...
Swatantra 2014, fifth international free software conference event, organized at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Swatantra Nepali , a Nepali-language weekly newspaper in India Swatantra Senani Superfast Express , an Indian passenger train between New Delhi and Jaynagar