Arabic Chinese English French Russian Spanish Currently these are the six official languages of the United Nations. We Indians wish that Hindi should be included as an official language of the World body. Following news item on the Zee News site explains the issue:- New Delhi: India has not made a proposal for introduction of Hindi…
EPW articles CSDS article about Ranani Kothari – he was the founder of this institution – Centre for the study of developing societies. Obituary
संदर्भ – http://loksabhaph.nic.in/rules/rules.pdf
Elections for the the 17th Lok Sabha Held from 11 April 2019 to 19 May 2019 (One bye-poll in Vellore later on 5th August 2019) Total constituencies – 543 Elections held in phases – min 1 max 7 – Big states like UP, WB, Bihar – 7 phases – Maharashtra 4 phases – Law and…
Summary of the 17 Lok Sabha elections in a tabular format: Lok Sabha Year Winner Seats Won Second Party Seats Won Vote Share (Winner) Vote Share (Second) 1st 1951-52 INC (Nehru) 364 CPI 16 44.99% 3.29% 2nd 1957 INC (Nehru) 371 CPI 27 47.78% 8.92% 3rd 1962 INC (Nehru) 361 CPI 29 44.72% 9.94% 4th…
