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Ahmedabad (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Ahmedabad Lok Sabha constituency was in Gujarat state in western India till 2008. After the reorg of 2009, Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency and Ahmedabad West Lok Sabha constituency became the two constituencies from the city, sending a representative to the parliament. Vidhan Sabha segments Ahmedabad Lok Sabha constituency comprised the following 7 Vidhan Sabha (legislative assembly) segments: Members of Lok Sabha *1951: Two-candidates elected from this seat. ** Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar and Muldas Bhudardas Vaishya, both from Indian National Congress *1956 (by-poll): Sushila Ganesh Mavalankar, (Congress) (Won by-poll caused by her husband's death unopposed) *1957: Two-candidates elected from this seat again. ** Indulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik, Mahagujarat Janata Parishad / Karsandas Ukabhai Parmar, Independent *1962: Indulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik, Nutan Mahagujarat Janata Parishad *1967: Indulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik, Independent *1971: Indulal Kanaiyalal Yagnik, (Congress this time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad ( ; Gujarati: Amdavad ) is the most populous city in the Indian state of Gujarat. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ahmedabad district and the seat of the Gujarat High Court. Ahmedabad's population of 5,570,585 (per the 2011 population census) makes it the fifth-most populous city in India, and the encompassing urban agglomeration population estimated at 6,357,693 is the seventh-most populous in India. Ahmedabad is located near the banks of the Sabarmati River, from the capital of Gujarat, Gandhinagar, also known as its twin city. Ahmedabad has emerged as an important economic and industrial hub in India. It is the second-largest producer of cotton in India, due to which it was known as the 'Manchester of India' along with Kanpur. Ahmedabad's stock exchange (before it was shut down in 2018) was the country's second oldest. Cricket is a popular sport in Ahmedabad; a newly built stadium, called Narendra Modi Stadium, at Motera can accommodate 132,0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sushila Ganesh Mavalankar
Sushila Ganesh Mavalankar (4 August 1904 – 11 December 1995) was an Indian freedom fighter. She was elected to the 1st Lok Sabha unopposed from Ahmedabad in 1956. Early life Daughter to Ramakrishna Gopinath Gurjar Date, Sushila was born on 4 August 1904 in the Bombay State and did her schooling to the under- metric level. Career Mavalankar took active part in the Indian Independence movement and on the call of Mahatma Gandhi participated in the Quit India Movement in 1942, which led to her imprisonment by the British authorities. She attended the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II held in June 1953. The death of Ganesh Mavalankar in February 1956 prompted a bye-election for the Ahmedabad seat. The INC fielded Sushila Mavalankar (his wife) and she was elected unopposed to the 1st Lok Sabha. Her term finished the following year. She also served as the president of Bhagini Samaj and was a member of numerous social organisations. Personal life Sushila married Ganesh Vasudev Mavala ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Indian General Election
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1998 Indian General Election
General elections were held in India on 16, 22 and 28 February 1998 to elect the members of the 12th Lok Sabha. The elections were held three years ahead of schedule after the government led by Inder Kumar Gujral collapsed when the Indian National Congress (INC) withdrew its support in November 1997. The result was another hung parliament, with no party or alliance able to muster a majority. However, Atal Bihari Vajpayee of the Bharatiya Janata Party was able to form a coalition government led by the National Democratic Alliance with the support of the Telugu Desam Party. He was sworn in as Prime Minister with support from 272 of 543 MPs. However, his government collapsed on 17 April 1999 when the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam withdrew their support. This led to fresh elections in 1999. Results By state See also * Election Commission of India References {{Indian elections 1998 elections in India February 1998 events in Asia India India, offic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Indian General Election
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. 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 elections that a non-Congress coalition had done so. The elections gave Atal Bihari Vajpayee the record of being the first non-Congress Prime Minister to serve a full five-year term. The decisive result also ended the political instability the country had seen since 1996. The Indian National Congress' 114 seat tally was its worst-ever performance in a general election until it surpassed by the 2014 and 2019 general elections Background 1999 Lok Sabha vote of confidence On 17 April 1999, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) coalition government led by prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee failed to win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Indian General Election
General elections were held in India in four phases between 20 April and 10 May 2004. Over 670 million people were eligible to vote, electing 543 members of the 14th Lok Sabha. Seven states also held assembly elections to elect state governments. They were the first elections fully carried out with electronic voting machines. On 13 May the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the lead party of the National Democratic Alliance conceded defeat. The Indian National Congress, which had governed India for all but five years from independence until 1996, returned to power after a record eight years out of office. It was able to put together a comfortable majority of more than 335 members out of 543 with the help of its allies. The 335 members included both the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, the governing coalition formed after the election, as well as external support from the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi Party (SP), Kerala Congress (KC) and the Left Front. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi, the incumbent Indian prime minister. The BJP is aligned with right-wing politics, and its policies have historically reflected a traditional Hindu nationalist ideology; it has close ideological and organisational links to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). , it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the Parliament of India as well as state legislatures. The party's origins lie in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, which was founded in 1951 by Indian politician Shyama Prasad Mukherjee. After The Emergency of 1975–1977, the Jana Sangh merged with several other political parties to form the Janata Party; it defeated the then-incumbent Indian National Congress in the 1977 general election. After three years in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harin Pathak
Harin Pathak (born 20 July 1947) is an Indian politician who was a member of the fourteenth Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Ahmedabad East constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Phatak was denied a ticket to contest the 2014 Loksabha Elections by BJP. He was replaced by Bollywood actor Paresh Rawal. Pathak was Minister of State for Defence Production in Atal Bihari Vajpayee's third cabinate from October 1999 to November 2000. Pathak was force to resigned along with Gujarat Health Minister Ashok Bhatt in a case of instigating a mob leading to the lynching of Head Constable Laxman Desai during an anti-quota agitation in Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ... in April 1985. He was an English teacher in Nalanda Vidhya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haroobhai Mehta
Haroobhai Mehta (born 12 October 1933) was an Indian politician and lawyer. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, lower house of the Parliament of India from Ahmedabad in 1984 as a member of the Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em .... References External links Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website India MPs 1984–1989 Indian National Congress politicians 1933 births 2001 deaths Lok Sabha members from Gujarat Indian National Congress politicians from Gujarat {{Gujarat-INC-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian National Congress (Indira)
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. The Congress led India to independence from the United Kingdom, and significantly influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire. Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, along with its main rival the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is a "big tent" party whose platform is generally considered to lie in the centre to of Indian politics. After Indian independence in 1947, Congress emerged as a catch-all and secular party, dominating Indian politics for the next 20 years. The party's first prime minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maganbhai Barot
Shri. Maganbhai Barot, B.A. (Hons), LL.B. Gujarat.html"_;"title="ongress_(I)—Gujarat">ongress_(I)—Gujarat,_Ahmedabad,_1980was_an_Indian_people.html" "title="Gujarat,_Ahmedabad,_1980.html" ;"title="Gujarat.html" ;"title="ongress (I)—Gujarat">ongress (I)—Gujarat, Ahmedabad, 1980">Gujarat.html" ;"title="ongress (I)—Gujarat">ongress (I)—Gujarat, Ahmedabad, 1980was an Indian people">Indian politician and former member of the Lok Sabha and FINANCE MINISTER for Indian National Congress. He was the son of Shri Ranchhoddas Barot; born at Janghral Village, Patan Taluk, Mehsana District, August 8, 1927. Studied at Baroda College, Wilson College, Mumbai, Wilson College, Bombay and Government Law College, Bombay. He was married to Smt. Lila Barot, January 1, 1954. He was Standing Counsel of Government of India in Gujarat High Court, 1971–72; previously associated with Samyukta Socialist Party; Minister of State Education, Labour and Housing, 1973–74 and Minister of State fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahsan Jafri
Ehsan Jafri (1929 – 28 February 2002) was an Indian politician and former member of the 6th Lok Sabha for the Congress Party, who was killed in the Gulbarg Society massacre. A Special Investigating Team appointed by the Supreme Court of India concluded that he was killed after he fired at an agitated Hindu mob outside his house. His widow Zakia Jafri has subsequently alleged that the state of Gujarat and its then-chief minister, now the current prime minister of India, Narendra Modi, was partly responsible for the violence and lack of police intervention in favor of the victims at Gulbarg Society. The argument was rejected by a Special Investigation Committee appointed by the Supreme Court in 2008. A review petition was filed by her which gave Prime Minister Narendra Modi a clean chit. A three judge bench of The Supreme Court rejected her review petition, giving the reason that "the petition is devoid of any merit Life Ehsan Jafri was born in Burhanpur, present day Madhya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
