The Stormy Seventies- I

Itihaas - The Indian History Podcast

Apr 26, 20199:32Society & Culture

The elections of 1971 happened on the backdrop of multiple major sociopolitical churnings. Indira era began a couple of years before that, decimating the political opposition and cementing her position by the victory in...

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