October 25: A Day regarded for the Beginning of Indian General Elections

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Sahir Ludhianvi was a personality whose love songs are tinged with sorrows as he wrote bitter yet sensitive lyrics about the declining values of society and the domination of consumerism over love. Take a look at the article to know about him and other major events of this day.

The 1951 – 52 Indian General Elections

The Indian general election of 1951–52, held from 25 October 1951 to 21 February 1952, was the primary political decision to the Lok Sabha since India got autonomous in August 1947. It was led under the arrangements of the Indian Constitution, which was embraced on 26 November 1949. Decisions to the majority of the state lawmaking bodies occurred all the while.

After the appropriation of the constitution on 26 November 1949, the Constituent Assembly kept on going about as the interval parliament. The interval bureau was started by Jawaharlal Nehru and consisted of 15 individuals from various networks and gatherings. Different individuals from this bureau left their posts and shaped their own gatherings to challenge the elections.1949 up-and-comers sought 489 seats in the Lok Sabha. In excess of 173 million individuals out of a general populace of around 360 million were qualified to cast a ballot, making it the biggest political race directed at that point with Elector turnout of 45.7%. The Indian National Congress (INC) set up its triumph, winning 364 of the 489 seats and 45% of the complete votes surveyed. This was more than four times the same number of votes as the second-biggest gathering. Jawaharlal Nehru turned into the principal equitably chosen Prime Minister of the nation. India has a parliamentary arrangement of government, where the Cabinet, headed by a Prime Minister, frames the accepted leader. In contrast to most nations, the decisions are directed by an autonomous sacred body, the Election Commission of India. Sukumar Sen was the main political race chief of India.

( A representation of Voting )

India had 173,200,000 electors in the 1951 general political race. All Indian residents beyond 21 years old were qualified to cast a ballot and around 85% of the populace couldn’t peruse or compose. This far-reaching lack of education represented a test to the commission in arranging the political decision and was all the while defeated by assigning every applicant and in an unexpected way a huge voting station at the surveying stall, on which every competitor’s name and image were composed. The political race was held in 68 stages. A sum of 196,084 surveying stalls was set up, of which 27,527 corners were held for ladies. The principal votes of the political decision were projected in the tehsil (region) of Chini in Himachal Pradesh.

~ Citizens chose 489 individuals for the lower place of the Parliament of India and these were apportioned across 401 electorates in 25 Indian states.

~ There were 314 voting demographics choosing one part utilizing the first-past-the-post framework. 86 bodies electorate chose two individuals, one from the overall classification and one from Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes.

~ There was one body electorate with three chosen agents to satisfy the reservations conceded to in reverse segments of the general public by the Constitution. They were later nullified during the 1960s.

~ The Constitution as of now likewise accommodated two Anglo-Indian individuals to be designated by the President of India.

(Parties with their Agendas)

A sum of 53 gatherings and 533 free movers challenged the 489 seats in the political decision. Two previous bureau partners of Nehru set up discrete ideological groups to challenge the INC’s matchless quality. While Syama Prasad Mukherjee went on to establish the Jana Sangh in October 1951, first Law Minister Dr. B. R. Ambedkar resuscitated the Scheduled Castes Federation which was later named the Republican Party.

Different gatherings that began going to the front line incorporated the Kisan Mazdoor Praja Parishad, whose main player was Acharya Kripalani; the Socialist Party, which had Ram Manohar Lohia and Jayaprakash Narayan’s administration to flaunt; and the Communist Party of India. Nonetheless, these more modest gatherings couldn’t make a discretionary remain against the Indian National Congress.

Other Events of this Day :

1. Death Anniversary of Sahir Ludhianvi (1980) –  Sahir Ludhianvi (8 March 1921 – 25 October 1980), was an Indian poet and film song lyricist who wrote in the Hindi and Urdu languages. He won many Filmfare Awards for Best Lyricist like Taj Mahal and Kabhie Kabhie. He was also awarded the Padma Shri in 1971.

2. Birth Anniversary of Pablo Picasso (1881) – Pablo Picasso (25 October 1881 – 8 April 1973) was a Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and theatre designer. He is regarded as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century and known for co-founding the Cubist movement, the invention of constructed sculpture, and the co-invention of collage. Among his most famous works are the proto-Cubist Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, and Guernica which is known as a dramatic portrayal of the bombing of Guernica by German and Italian air forces during the Spanish Civil War.

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