S01E02 - Navnirman आंदोलन ?

Season 1 - The 70's
Episode 2 - Navnirman आंदोलन ?

Welcome to pilot of India Unplugged series. In the second episode of the series we will be digging into corruption in Gujarat government and how students have overthrown the government.

Navnirman Andolan (Re-invention or Re-construction movement) was a socio-political movement in 1974 in Gujarat by students and middle-class people against economic crisis and corruption in public life. It is the only successful agitation in the history of post-independence India that resulted in dissolution of an elected government of the state.

Nav Nirman Yuvak Samiti demanded fresh elections and opposition parties supported this. Morarji Desai again went on an indefinite fast on 6 April 1975 to support it. Finally Indira Gandhi gave in; fresh elections were held on 10 June and the result was declared on 12 June 1975. The verdict on Indira Gandhi's electoral malpractice was declared the same day which later resulted in the Emergency.

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