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  2. Licence Raj - Wikipedia

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    The Licence Raj or Permit Raj (rāj, meaning "rule" in Hindi) [1] is a pejorative for the system of strict government control and regulation of the Indian economy that was in place from the 1950s to the early 1990s. Under this system, businesses in India were required to obtain licences from the government in order to operate, and these ...

  3. Industrial Policy Resolution of 1956 - Wikipedia

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    The 1956 policy continued to constitute the basic economic policy for a long time. This fact has been confirmed in all the Five-Year Plans of India. According to this resolution the objective of the social and economic policy in India was the establishment of a socialistic pattern of society. It provided more powers to the governmental machinery.

  4. Seventh Amendment of the Constitution of India - Wikipedia

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    The recommendations were implemented through the States Reorganization Act of 1956, which was accompanied by the 7th Constitutional Amendment. This amendment brought about significant changes to the structure of India’s states and their governance, streamlining the country’s administrative divisions in line with the recommendations of the SRC.

  5. 1956 in India - Wikipedia

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    1 September – LIC of India formed; 14 October – Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Indian Untouchable leader, converts to Buddhism along with 385,000 followers. See Neo-Buddhism. 17 December - Jawaharlal Nehru meets Dwight D. Eisenhower as part of his visit to United States. [2]

  6. States Reorganisation Act, 1956 - Wikipedia

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    The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 was a major reform of the boundaries of India's states and territories, organising them along linguistic lines. [1]Although additional changes to India's state boundaries have been made since 1956, the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 remains the most extensive change in state boundaries after the independence of India.

  7. Hyderabad State (1948–1956) - Wikipedia

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    Hyderabad state until 1956. Hyderabad State was a state in Dominion and later Republic of India, formed after the accession of the State of Hyderabad into the Union on 17 September 1948. [1] It existed from 1948 to 1956. Hyderabad State comprised present day Telangana, Marathwada, and Hyderabad-Karnataka.

  8. Category:1956 in India - Wikipedia

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... 1956 Indian novels (4 P) P. ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; ...

  9. Official Languages Commission - Wikipedia

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    The joint parliamentary committee examines the progress made in the use of Hindi for the official purpose of the Union. [2]As defined in the articles of the Constitution of India, "the committee shall consist of thirty members, of whom twenty shall be members of the House of the People and ten shall be members of the Council of States to be elected respectively by the members of the House of ...