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5 DEVELOPMENTS SINCE 1989

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1.END OF CONGRESS SYSTEM
2.MANDAL ISSUE
3.NEW ECONOMIC POLICIES
4.DEATH OF RAJIV GANDHI
5. AYODHYA DISPUTE

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SEATS WON BY CONGRESS IN 1989

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197

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DEATH OF RAJIV GANDHI

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MAY 1991
BY SRI LANKAN TAMIL OF LTTE
DURING ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN TAMIL NADU
NARSIMHA RAO (NEXT PM)

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COALITION PERIOD

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1989 TO 2014

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DEMAND FOR RESERVATION FOR OBCs

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1977-79
BY JANATA PARTY

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MAN WHO INTRODUCED RESERVATIONS FOR OBC IN BIHAR

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KARPOORI THAKUR
CM OF BIHAR

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WHEN WAS MANDAL COMMISSION/SECOND BACKWARD CLASSES COMMISSION APPOINTED?

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1978
TO IMPROVE OBC CONDITIONS

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CHAIRPERSON OF MANDAL COMMISSION

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BINDESHWARI PRASAD MANDAL

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WHEN DID MANDAL GIVE ITS RECOMMENDATIONS?

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1980

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WHAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION?

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27% RESERVATION IN EDU INSTITUTES AND GOVT JOBS.
AND LAND REFORMS

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WHEN AND WHO DID IMPLEMENT THE RECOMMENDATIONS?

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NATIONAL FRONT
IN AUG 1990

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WHICH WAS THE CASE THAT CHALLENGED MANDAL IMPLEMENTATION?

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INDIRA SAWHNEY CASE
LOST IN NOV 1992

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BAMCEF
FORMATION?

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BACKWARD AND MINORITY COMMUNITIES EMPLOYEES FEDERATION
1978

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WHEN AND WHERE DID BSP EARN A BREAKTHROUGH

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BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY
IN 1989 AND 1991 IN UP

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BJP’S FORMATION?

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1980

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WHEN WAS SHAH BANO CASE?

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1985

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WHICH WAS THE ACT THAT NULLIFIED SC’S JUDGEMENT ON SHAH BANO CASE?

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MUSLIM WOMEN(PROTECTION OF RIGHTS ON DIVORCE) ACT, 1986.

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WHEN DID FAIZABAD COURT ORDER THE MASJID TO BE UNLOCKED?

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FEBRUARY 1986

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WHEN WAS THE KARSEVA ORGANISED?

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DEC 1992

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WHEN WAS THE MOSQUE DEMOLISHED?

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6 DEC 1992

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WHEN AND WHERE DID VIOLENCE BEGAN AGAIN BCZ OF AYODHYA DISPUTE

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IN MUMBAI
IN JAN 1993
FOR 2 WEEKS

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4 GROWING CONSENSUSES

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  1. NEW ECONOMIC POLICIES
    2.ACCEPTANCE OF OBC AND OTHERS
    3.ROLE OF STATE LEVEL PARTIES
    4.EMPHASIS ON PRAGMATIC CONDITIONS NOT IDEOLOGY WHILE FORMING ALLAINCES
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HOW MANY SEATS DID CONGRESS WIN IN 1984?

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415 SEATS

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WHAT WAS CONGRESS SYSTEM?

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CONGRESS’ CENTRALITY FROM 1952 TO 1989

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WHO INITIATED ECO REFORMS IN 1991?
RAJIV GANDHI
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WHEN WAS BABRI MASJID DEMOLISHED?
DEC 1992
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IN ELECTIONS OF 1991 CONG EMERGED AS THE _____?
SINGLE LARGEST PARTY
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NATIONAL FRONT GOT SUPPORT FROM WHICH 2 PARTIES IN 1989?
BJP AND LEFT FRONT BUT THEY DIDN'T JOIN THE PARTY.
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WHICH PARTY EMERGED AS THE LARGEST PARTY IN 1996 AND WAS INVITED TO FORM THE GOVT?
BJP
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WHO SUPPORTED UNITED FRONT?
CONGRESS AND LEFT FRONT
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DID REGIONAL PARTIES PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN FORMING RULING ALLIANCES AT CENTRE DURING 1989-2014?
YES
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WHY COULDNT BJP SECURE A MAJORITY IN LOK SABHA IN 1996?
BCUZ OTHER PARTIES OPPOSED ITS POLICIES
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WHO WAS THE PM DURING MAY 1998 AND OCT 1999 GOVT?
ATAL BEHARI VAJPAYEE
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HOW DID BJP COME TO POWER FROM MAY 1998 TO JUNE 1999?
BY LEADING A COALITION GOVT
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DEFINE OBC
OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES/BACKWARD CASTES THESE ARE COMMUNITIES OTHER THAN SC AND ST WHO SUFFER FROM EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL BACKWARDNESS
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WHICH PARTIES HAVE STRONG RURAL BASE AMONG OBCs?
JANATA PARTY, BHARATIYA KRANTI DAL, SAMYUKTA SOCIALIST PARTY, etc
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WHAT DID THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MANDAL BRING? (3)
*BIRTH OF PARTIES THAT SOUGHT BETTER OPPORTUNITIES FOR EDU AND EMPLOY OF OBC *RAISE THE QUES OF SHARE OF POWER ENJOYED BY THE OBC *IT WAS DEMOC THAT OBS GET FAIR REPRESENTATION IN ADMINISTRATION AND POLITICAL POWER
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DID RESERVE FOR OBC EXIST IN INDIA BEFORE 1977?
YES, IN SOUTHERN STATES IN 1960s
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WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF MANDAL?
TO INVESTIGATE THE EXTENT OF SOCIAL AND EDU BACKWARDNESS AND RECOMMEND WAYS TO IDENTIFY THESE BACKWARD CLASSES AND TO END THESE
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WHAT DID THE MANDAL COM FIND OUT?
THAT THESE BACKWARD CLASSES HAVE V LOW PRESENCE IN EDU AND EMPLY
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FOR WHOM DID BAMCEF WORK?
FOR BAHUJANS- SC, ST, OBC, AND MINORITIES
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WHICH PARTIES EMERGED FROM BAMCEF?
DALIT SHOSHIT SAMAJ SANGHARSH SAMITI AND BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY
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WHO WAS THE LEADER OF BSP?
KANSHI RAM
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WHERE DID PRIMARY SUPPORT FOR BSP COME FROM?
PUNJAB, HARYANA, AND UP
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WHEN DID BJP START TO EMPHASISE THE HINDU NATIONALIST ELEMENT IN ITS IDEOLOGY?
AFTER 1986
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WHAT WAS BJP'S INITIAL IDEOLOGY?
BROADER POLITICAL PLATFORM THAN JANA SANGH AND GANDHIAN SOCIALISM
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WHAT WAS BJP'S NEW IDEOLOGY?
HINDUTVA AND MOBILISING THE HINDUS
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MEANING OF HINDUTVA
*HINDUNESS *BASIS OF INDIAN NATIONHOOD *TO BE INDIAN, EVERYONE SHOULD ACCEPT INDIA AS THEIR FATHERLAND AND HOLY LAND
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WHO WAS THE ORIGINATOR OF HINDUTVA?
VD SAVARKAR
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WHAT DID THE BELIEVERS OF HINDUTVA BELIEVE? (2)
THAT STRONG NATION = STRONG AND UNITED NATIONAL CULTURE ONLY AND HINDU CULTURE ALONE CAN PROVIDE THIS
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WHICH WERE THE TWO DEVELOPMENTS THAT BECAME CENTRAL TO THE POLITICS OF BJP AS HINDUTVA PARTY?
SHAH BANO CASE AND AYODHYA DISPUTE
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WHO WAS SHAH BANO?
A 62-YO DIVORCED MUSLIM WOMAN
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WHY DID SHAH BANO FILE A CASE?
FOR MAINTENANCE FROM HER FORMER HUSBAND
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DID SUP COURT RULE IN BANO'S FAVOUR?
YES
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WHAT DID SUP C'S ORDER FEEL LIKE TO ORTHODOX MUSLIMS?
LIKE AN INTERFERENCE IN MUSLIM PERSONAL LAW
47
WHAT AND WHEN WAS THE FAIZABAD DISTRICT COURT'S ORDER?
IN FEB 1986, THE COURT ORDERED BABRJI MASJID TO BE UNLOCKED FOR HINDUS TO OFFER PRAYERS
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WHO MADE THE BABRI MASJID?
IT WAS A 16TH CEN MOSQUE IN AYODHYA BUILT BY MIR BAQI, MUGHAL EMPEROR BABUR'S GENERAL.
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WHAT DID HINDUS BELIEVE ABOUT THE MASJID?
THAT IT WAS BUILT AFTER DEMOLISHING A TEMPLE FOR RAM JI IN HIS BIRTHPLACE
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WHEN WAS THE MOSQUE LOCKED?
IN THE LATE 1940s AS THE MATTER WAS IN COURT
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WHAT ISSUE DID BJP MAKE ITS MAJOR ELECTORAL AND POLITICAL PLANK?
AYODHYA DISPUTE
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WHO ALL CONVENED A SERIES OF SYMBOLIC AND MOBILIZATIONAL PROGRAMS?
BJP, RSS, AND VISHWA HINDU PARISHAD(VHP)
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WHAT WAS THE RATHYATRA? (4)
A MASSIVE MARCH, LED BY BJP, TO GENERATE PUBLIC SUPPORT FROM SOMNATH IN GUJARAT TO AYODHYA IN UP
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WHAT WAS THE PURPOSE OF THE KARSEVA?
IT WAS A VOLUNTARY SERVICE BY DEVOTEES FOR BUILDING THE RAM TEMPLE
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WHAT ARE THE FOUR GROUPS OF PARTIES THAT HAVE EMERGED AFTER 1990S?
PARTIES IN COALITION W CONG; PARTIES IN ALLIANCE W BJP; LEFT FRONT PARTIES; OTHERS
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WHAT WAS THE AFTERMATH OF THE VIOLENCE AT AYODHYA? (4)
*THE BJP STATE GOVT WAS DISMISSED BY THE CENTRE *OTHER STATES W BJP WERE UNDER PRESIDENT'S RULE *A CASE AGAINST THE CM OF UP WAS REGISTERED IN SC FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT *BJP OFFICIALLY EXPRESSED REGRET OVER THE HAPPENINGS

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