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Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress system
Examine the major changes that the country witnesses at the time of fourth general election in 1967 .
Major changes country witnessed at the time of Fourth General Elections’
(i) Two prime ministers died in quick succession.
(ii) The period was fraught with grave economic crises.
(iii) Widespread drought and decline in agricultural production.
(iv) Serious food shortage.
(v) Depletion of foreign exchange reserves.
(vi) Drop in industrial production and exports.
(vii) Sharp rise in military expenditures.
(viii) Diversion of resource from planning and economic development.
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(a) What according to the author is the difference between the strategies of Nehru and Indira Gandhi ?
(b) Why does the author say that the Congress party ‘died’ in the seventies ?
(c) In what way, did the change in the Congress party affect other political parties also ?
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