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Ajit Singh’s son, Jayant Chaudhary, now leads the Rashtriya Lok Dal as part of which alliance’s government, one that publicly favours keeping UP united?
Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, and Chhattisgarh, often cited by Harit Pradesh’s supporters as evidence smaller states can work, were all created in which year?
Under India’s Constitution, why did the UP Legislative Assembly’s 2011 resolution to split the state never take effect?
Besides Assam and Mizoram, which two other states have Sixth Schedule autonomous district councils, the same framework used for Bodoland?
In July 2012, serious ethnic clashes broke out in the Bodoland Territorial Council area between Bodo communities and which other group?
The Bodoland Autonomous Council, created by the first Bodo accord in 1993, largely failed for what reason?
Which political party did V.P. Menon join after leaving government service?
Maharaja Hanwant Singh of Jodhpur used an unusual object while signing the Instrument of Accession. What was it?
According to the Bommai judgment, a President’s Rule proclamation under Article 356 must get Parliament’s approval within how long, or it lapses?
The Supreme Court’s landmark Bommai judgment on 11 March 1994 was decided by a bench of how many judges?
S.R. Bommai was dismissed as Karnataka’s Chief Minister and President’s Rule was imposed on which date?
Which former ruling family, led by Madhavrao Scindia, led the Supreme Court challenge against the 1970 presidential order?
The 26th Constitutional Amendment, 1971, which finally abolished privy purses, added which new Article to the Constitution?
On 20 January 1972, who personally renamed NEFA as Arunachal Pradesh at a ceremony in Ziro?
The McMahon Line is named after the British negotiator who signed the 1914 Simla Convention on behalf of British India. Who was he?
The severe 1959 famine that triggered Mizo political mobilisation, called Mautam, is linked to which recurring natural cycle?
The 1966 Punjab reorganisation left one major issue unresolved and recurring between Punjab and Haryana, involving the sharing of what?
India formally integrated Dadra and Nagar Haveli as a Union Territory only in 1961, through which mechanism?
In 1954, Dadra and Nagar Haveli were freed from Portuguese control not by the Indian Army, but by whom?
How many years passed between the Bandung Conference (1955) and the first formal Non-Aligned Movement summit at Belgrade (1961)?
Roughly how many countries took part in the Bandung Conference, and what share of the world’s population did they represent?
The Bandung Conference of April 1955 was organised by five nations, together known as the?
On 16 December 1971, Pakistan’s Lt. Gen. A.A.K. Niazi signed the Instrument of Surrender at Dhaka. Who accepted it on India’s behalf?
Between 1946 and 1948, the Nizam of Hyderabad’s own irregular militia waged a separate campaign of terror against his opponents, including the peasant movement. Who led this militia, known as the Razakars?
In which year did Ram Manohar Lohia found the Socialist Party?

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