India After Independence Class Notes

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Gursharan Singh
Mentor at MASTer Classes
C P Ramaswamy Iyer
Diwan of Travancore
On July 30, 1947, Travancore joined
India
Jodhpur
Maharaja Hanwant Singh
On 11 August 1947 Maharaja
Hanwant singh signed
Instrument of Accession
Bhopal
Hajji Nawab Hafiz Sir Hamidullah
Khan
July 1947, Joined India
Hyderabad
Mir Osman Ali Khan
September 13, 1948 Operation Polo
Junagadh
Muhammad Mahabat Khan III
On Nov 1, 1956 Junagadh become part
of India State of Saurashtra

Samaldas Gandhi, created a provisional


government in Bombay with the Indian
government's backing
Jammu & kashmir
Maharaja Hari singh

26 Oct 1947, Instrument of Accession

5 March 1948 Sheikh Mohammed


Abdullah become PM

1952 Delhi Agreement, Special


Position to J&K
Goa Liberation
Dec 19, 1961 From Portuguese
Operation Vijay

Puducherry Liberation
In 1954, Puducherry was merged into the
Republic of India after attaining independence
from French Rule
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
First president of India
26 January 1950 to 12 May 1962
Jawahar Lal Nehru
15 August 1947 to 27 May 1964
16 years, 286 days
Gulzarilal Nanda
27 May 1964 to 9 June 1964,
13 days
Lal Bahadur Shastri
9 June 1964 to 11 January 1966

Slogan of 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan'


during the Indo-Pak war of 1965
Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Second President
13 May 1962 to 13 May 1967

Teacher's day is celebrated on 5


Sept. to honour his birthday.
Indira Gandhi
first and only women Prime Minister
of India
24 January 1966 to 24 March 1977
Dr Zakir Hussain
13 May 1967 to 3 May 1969
President with the shortest tenure,
first Muslim president to die in harness
Varahagiri Venkata Giri
3 May 1969 to 20 July 1969
24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974
First acting president of India
Mohammad Hidayatullah
20 July 1969 to 24 August 1969
Served as the Chief Justice of India
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
24 August 1974 to 11 February 1977

second Indian president to die in office.


Basappa Danappa Jatti
11 February 1977 to 25 July 1977
Acting President
Morarji Desai
24 March 1977 to 28 July 1979
Oldest to become PM (81 years old)
and first to resign from office
Charan Singh
28 July 1979 to 14 January 1980
Only PM, did not face the Parliament
Indira Gandhi
14 January 1980 to 31 October 1984
The first lady who served as PM for the
second term
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
25 July 1977 to 25 July 1982
Youngest to become president @ 64 year,
the first president who did not become
vice -president
Giani Zail Singh
25 July 1982 to 25 July 1987
First Sikh President
Rajiv Gandhi
31 October 1984 to 2 December 1989
Youngest to become PM
V P Singh
2 December 1989 to 10 November 1990
First PM to step down after a vote of no
confidence
First PM to step down after a vote of no
confidence
Chandra Shekhar
10 November 1990 to 21 June 1991
He belongs to Samajwadi Janata Party
P. V. Narasimha Rao
21 June 1991 to 16 May 1996
First PM from south India
Ramaswamy Venkataraman
25 July to 1987 25 July 1992
Oldest to become President
Shankar Dhyal Sharma
25 July 1992 to 25 July 1997
Sharma was Chief Minister of
Madhya Pradesh
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
16 May 1996 to 1 June 1996
PM for shortest tenure
H. D. Deve Gowda
1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997
He belongs to Janata Dal
Kocheril Raman Narayanan
25 July 1997 to 25 July 2002
He was the first President from
Kerala, and also the first Dalit
President.
Inder Kumar Gujral
21 April 1997 to 19 March 1998
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
19 March 1998 to 22 May 2004
The first non-congress PM who
completed a full term as PM
Manmohan Singh
22 May 2004 to 26 May 2014
First Sikh PM
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
25 July 2002 to 25 July 2007
He was the first bachelor/Scientist
president of India and the first Muslim
President who completed his term.
Pratibha Patil
25 July 2007 to25 July 2012
The first woman to become the
President of India.
Pranab Mukherjee
From 5 July 2012 to 25 July 2017
Served as the Foreign Minister, Defence
Minister and Deputy Chairman of the
Planning Commission.
Ram Nath Kovind
25 July 2017—Incumbent
14th President of India
Narendra Modi
26 May 2014 – Present
4th Prime Minister of India who served
two consecutive tenures

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