Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Congress Dominance | Focus – Mains

The Congress party won 364 of the 489 seats in the first Lok Sabha and finished way ahead of any other challenger. The Congress scored big victory in state elections as well.

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Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Challenges of Building Democracy | Focus – Mains

The country’s first general elections were expected sometime in 1950 itself. But the Election Commission discovered that it was not going to be easy to hold a free and fair election in a country of India’s size.

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Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Regionalism (II) | Focus – Mains

Economic inequality among different states and regions could be a potential source of trouble. However, this problem has not so far given rise to regionalism or feeling of a region being discriminated against.

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Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Regionalism (I) | Focus – Mains

Regionalism could have flourished in India if any region or state had felt that it was being culturally dominated or discriminated against. But, in fact, the Indian nation has proved to be quite successful in accommodating and even celebrating India’s cultural diversity.

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Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Integration of the Tribals (IV) | Focus – Mains

Immediately after independence, the Government of India followed a policy of integrating the Naga areas with the state of Assam and India as a whole.

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Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Integration of the Tribals (III) | Focus – Mains

Nehru’s policies were implemented best of all in the North-East Frontier Agency or NEFA, which was created in 1948 out of the border areas of Assam. NEFA was established as a Union Territory outside the jurisdiction of Assam and placed under a special administration.

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