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INDIA - POLITICS -
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) |
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Right wing political set up. |
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Description |
- One of the two major political parties in India, along
with the Indian National Congress.
- As of 2018, it is the country's largest political party
in terms of representation in the national parliament and
state assemblies, and it is the world's largest party in
terms of primary membership.
- It has close ideological and organisational links to the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
- Its origin lies in the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, formed in
1951 by Syama Prasad Mukherjee.
- After the State of Emergency in 1977, the Jana Sangh
merged with several other parties to form the Janata Party,
which defeated the Congress party in 1977 general elections.
- In 1980, however, Janata Party was dissolved and the
members of the erstwhile Jana Sangh re-gathered to form the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which managed to emerge as the
largest party in the Indian Parliment in 1996 let by Atal
Bihari Vajpayee, but due to lack of majority in the lok
sabha, it could not survive for more than 13 days.
- After the 1998 general election, NDA, the BJP-led
coalition formed the government at the centre with Atal
Bihari Vajpayee as the Prime Minister, which continued to
rule after the fresh elections after about a year; then
onwards the NDA led government lasted for the full term -
the first non-Congress government to be able to do so.
- BJP registered a landslide victory in the 2014 general
election and got the absolute majority in Lok Sabha.
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Jul 09, 2014 |
Amit Shah became the Party
President of the BJP on this day. |
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May 26, 2014 |
Narendra Modi was sworn in
as the 15th Prime Minister of India. |
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Sep 13, 2013 |
Party President Rajnath
Singh announced Narendra Modi as party's prime ministerial
candidate for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. |
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Aug 11, 2013: |
On this day, party Chairman Subramanian Swamy merged the Janata
Party with the Bharatiya Janata Party in presence of BJP
president Rajnath Singh. |
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Jul 25, 2002 |
BJP reaffirmed its
commitment to merit and scientific approach by getting Dr.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam elected as the President of India. |
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Feb 27, 2002 |
A train carrying Hindu
pilgrims was burned outside the town of Godhra, killing 59 Hindu
pilgrims; it sparked off massive anti-Muslim violence across the
state of Gujarat that lasted several weeks and heavy death toll. |
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Oct 13, 1999 |
NDA won 303 seats in
parliament; an outright majority. The BJP had its highest ever
tally of 183. Atal Bihari Vajpayee became Prime Minister for the
third time; L.K. Advani became Deputy Prime Minister and Home
Minister. |
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May 11/13, 1998 |
BJP led government
conducted 5 successful nuclear tests |
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Mar 19, 1998 |
People of India voted for
Atal Bihari Vajpayee and BJP led coalition. |
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Dec 06, 1992 |
RSS and its affiliates
organised a rally involving more than 100,000 VHP and BJP
activists at the site of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya, which is
believed to have been constructed by demolishing the then and
there exiastinf Temple devoted to Lord Rama. Under circumstances
the rally developed into a frenzied attack that ended with the
demolition of the Babri mosque. |
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Jun 23, 1953 |
In his endeavour to the
cause of integrating Jammu and Kashmir with the rest of India,
Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee was martyred. He was detained for 45
days for violating Article 370 of the Indian constitution which
sought Indians to obtain permit for entering Kashmir. The entire
country was shocked by his death in prison and consequently the
permit system was ended. |
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Jul 12, 1949 |
Having failed in
establishing the truthfulness of the charges levelled against
the RSS, the then Congress government unconditionally lifted the
ban on RSS and also released M.S. Golwalkar and other RSS
workers from custody. |
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Feb 05, 1948 |
RSS was banned on this day
by the then Congress government. |
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Feb 01, 1948 |
Consequent upon the
assassination of Mahatma Gandhi by Nathu Ram Godse, M.S.
Golwalkar along with 17,000 workers of RSS were arrested by the
Congress government. |
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Oct 19, 1947 |
On this day, M.S. Golwalkar
of RSS informed Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel that Maharaja Hari
Singh was ready to accede his kingdom of Jammu and Kashmir to
the Dominion of India. |
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Oct 17, 1947 |
The second chief of the
RSS, viz. Madhavrao Sadashivrao Golwalkar (a.k.a. Guruji) flew
to Srinagar to persuade Maharaja Hari Singh of Jammu and Kashmir
to accede to the Dominion of India. |
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Sep 27, 1925 |
Inspired by the zeal of
public service and the spirit of nationalisation of many Indian
leaders of that time, Dr. Kesava Rao Balram Hedgewar founded the
Rashtriya Swayansevak Sangh (RSS). |
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