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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.
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.
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.
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 ...
In 1959, Munshi separated from the Nehru-dominated (socialist) Congress Party and started the Akhand Hindustan movement. He believed in a strong opposition, so along with Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, he founded the Swatantra Party, which was right-wing in its politics, pro-business, pro-free market economy and private property rights. The party ...
In 1950 he founded 'Freedom First', a monthly magazine in cause of liberal policy and politics. [12] He went back to electoral politics and got elected to Loksabha in 1957 from Ranchi as an independent candidate. In 1959 he founded Swatantra Party along with C Rajagopalachari. He won a by election from Rajkot as a Swatantra party candidate.
Piloo Mody (1926–1983): architect, parliamentarian, one of the founder-members of the Swatantra Party. Rustam S. Sidhwa (1927–1997): judge on the Supreme Court of Pakistan as well as one of the original eleven judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.
merged with Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party: 1951: Saurashtra Khedut Sangh: Narsinhbhai Dadhaniya Ratibhai Ukabhai: Saurashtra State: defunct merged with Swatantra Party: 1956: Indian National Democratic Congress [3] C. Rajagopalachari: Madras State: defunct merged with Swatantra Party: 1959: Swatantra Party [4] C. Rajagopalachari N. G. Ranga: Bihar ...