POL 205 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Premiership Of Morarji Desai, Morarji Desai, Feroze Gandhi
4 Nov 2016
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India achieved independence on august 15, 1947: 12 major languages are spoken and hundreds of minor languages are spoken throughout india, hindus make up more than 80 percent of the population, but it is divided into high castes. The brahmins, kshatriyas, and vaishyas: by the mid-1960s, india was dependent on foreign assistance from the u. s. and soviet. Union for financial development and imports of food. Indira gandhi"s early years: she was an only child that was born into a nationalist family on november 19, 1917 in. Allahabad: she was separated from her father for many years because he had to serve jail time. She gained entrance upon her second attempt, but then was thrown out because she had failed the latin examination. She met feroze gandhi whom she married on march 26, 1942. Feroze pursued a political career as a member of parliament from 1950 to his death in 1960.
