Some Facts about Indian Politics/Politicians

1. National Voters Day - 25th Jan.
2. 10th PM Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee's father and mother both named krishna - Mrs. Krishna Devi & Mr. Krishna Bihari Vajpayee.
3. He was the only MP to be elected from 4 states viz. UP, MP, Gujarat and Delhi (Loksabha 9 times and Rajyasabha 2 times). 
4. EVM (Eletronic Voting Machine) was first used in 1998s Assembly elections.
5. An EVM can cater a maximum of 64 candidates (in multiples of 16 each) & can record a maximum of 3840 votes.
6. EVMs are made by EC (Election Commission) and two PSUs - Bharat Electronics Limited(Bengaluru), Electronic Corporation of India (Hyderabad).
7. Highest No. of candidates in any Assembly elections were 1033, for the Modakuruchi (Tamil Nadu) seat in 1996.
8. Mayawati's BSP & USA's Republic Party have the same symbol - "The Elephant".
9. According to EC, some miraculous figures.
10. The longest serving cabinet minister till date is Sardar Swaran Singh who served 6 ministries from 1952-75. A Swaran Singh Committee was made by Indira Gandhi in 1976 to suggest changes to be made in the Constitution.This led to the 42nd Amendment of 1976-77.
11. Janta Party's govt. in 1977 passed the 43rd and 44th Amendment to restore the status quo.
12. The Supreme Court in 1980 declared most of the 42nd Amendment unconventional because of the minerva mills case.
13. The first major communist victory in India was in 1957s elections in Kerala, when E.M.S. Namboodiripad became the Chief Minister.
14. C.N. Annadurai of DMK wanted Tamil Nadu as a separate nation but he dropped his demand after 1962s Sino-Indian war.
15. Constitution wanted English only to be valid in India till 1965 but it could not happen.
16. Of all the Presidents, only Mrs. Pratibha Devi Singh Patil, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Azad and Mr. Pranab Mukherjee are alive in 2014.
17. Longest serving PM - Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru (6130 days).
18. Shortest serving PM - Mr. Gulzarilal Nanda (26 days).
19. Total political parties in India - 6 National, 47 State and 1308 registered unrecognized parties.
20. The only non-gandhian PM of congress who completed 5 years was Mr. P.V. Narsimha Rao, knew 13 languages.

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