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How 1970s marked a violent turn for Bengal’s electoral politics

The period between 1967 and 1972 marked a turning point in West Bengal’s politics. Violence entered electoral politics in a sustained way and...

17.05.2026 20

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Shyamlal Yadav

How 1970s marked a violent turn for Bengal’s electoral politics

17.05.2026 20

Indian Express

Shyamlal Yadav

How 1970s marked a violent turn for Bengal’s electoral politics

17.05.2026 20

Indian Express

Shyamlal Yadav

Mohsina Kidwai’s bypoll win that revived Congress’s fortunes

Sometimes all it takes is a win. For the Congress, down and out after the Emergency, that moment came in 1978, when the party won a crucial byelection...

12.04.2026 20

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Shyamlal Yadav

Mohsina Kidwai’s bypoll win that revived Congress’s fortunes

Sometimes all it takes is a win. For the Congress, down and out after the Emergency, that moment came in 1978, when the party won a crucial byelection...

12.04.2026 20

Indian Express

Shyamlal Yadav

Mohsina Kidwai’s bypoll win that revived Congress’s fortunes

12.04.2026 20

Indian Express

Shyamlal Yadav

As Rahul invokes Kanshi Ram, a look at UP CMs in Congress era, Nehru to Indira, Rajiv

22.03.2026 30

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Shyamlal Yadav

As Rahul invokes Kanshi Ram, a look at UP CMs in Congress era, Nehru to Indira, Rajiv

22.03.2026 30

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Shyamlal Yadav

55 years ago, when Parliament erupted over India-China book

01.03.2026 20

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Shyamlal Yadav

2-minute silence on January 30: How the tradition began

26.01.2026 40

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Shyamlal Yadav

2-minute silence on January 30: How the tradition began

25.01.2026 60

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Shyamlal Yadav

UPSC @ 100: The story of India’s top recruiter

28.09.2025 30

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Shyamlal Yadav

UPSC @ 100: The story of India’s top recruiter

28.09.2025 20

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Shyamlal Yadav

How EC prepared electoral rolls for free India’s first polls

13.07.2025 50

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Shyamlal Yadav

Water wars and signing of Indus Waters Treaty

18.05.2025 30

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Shyamlal Yadav

Question of caste in free India: 1951 Census to now

11.05.2025 30

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45 years ago, a Janata Party faction formed the Bharatiya Janata Party

06.04.2025 20

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Shyamlal Yadav

45 years ago, a Janata Party faction formed the Bharatiya Janata Party

06.04.2025 20

Indian Express

Shyamlal Yadav