What forced the Union Government of India to appoint the States Re-organization Commission in 1953? Mention its two main recommendations. Name any four new States formed after 1956.
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Describe the various steps taken to hold the first general elections in India. How far these elections were successful?
The steps:
(i) The Election commission of India was set up.
(ii) Boundaries of the electoral constituencies were drawn.
(iii) Electoral rolls of all the citizens eligible to vote were prepared.
(iv) Officers and polling staff to conduct the elections were trained by Election Commission. The level of participation was encouraging-more than half the eligible voters turned out to vote on the day of elections. When the results were declared these were accepted as fair even by the losers. India’s general election of 1952 became a landmark in the history of democracy all the world. It proved that democracy could be practiced anywhere in the world.
