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India S First Election

Excerpt: Dethroned by John Zubrzycki

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. “Today, Patel is often called the ‘Bismarck of India’ for repeating the German chancellor’s feat of cajoling a group of scattered and disparate princedoms into giving up their sovereignty and creating a cohesive nation state.” (HT Photo)

Updated 1084 days ago

Politics was simple but the challenges huge: Parkash Singh Badal

Parkash Singh Badal

Updated 1718 days ago

‘Elections in India are a modern innovation’

The article appeared in the Hindustan Times on January 26, 1950. The writer was a freedom fighter and India’s first public works, mines and power minister.

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