Word: india
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Britain as Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, sent shock waves of anguish and indignation through Britain and Ireland. "His life ran like a golden thread of inspiration and service to his country throughout this century," said Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, as she joined the nation in mourning. In India, where Mountbatten had helped fashion the subcontinent's independence in 1947, a week of mourning was declared...
...bring in a government with a popular mandate. Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi had already informed him that she would not support Ram, and without the backing of her 71-member Congress Party branch, Ram would not have been able to form a government. Rarely before had India's parliamentary system been in such disarray...
...comeback was due in part to the vigorous campaign she waged to portray herself as a defenseless woman persecuted by a vengeful government bent on destroying her and her son Sanjay, even at the expense of ignoring India's monumental problems. As both Charan Singh and his predecessor, Morarji Desai, had been imprisoned by Mrs. Gandhi, there was perhaps some truth in her charge, though there is ample evidence of her government's misdeeds. She has conceded that there were excesses during her Emergency, but she has stubbornly refused to apologize for her stringent measures in a time...
...office by an Indian public outraged by the Emergency and the heavyhanded execution of the sterilization policy promoted by her son Sanjay, Mrs. Gandhi could once more be the "daughter of the nation," successor to her father Jawaharlal Nehru and head of the political dynasty that has helped shape India's destiny for more than 50 years...
...world's largest democracy, with almost 360 million voters, the majority of them illiterate, India needs time to organize its election. The chief election commissioner has already started work, but the logistics involved mean a delay of three to four months. Meanwhile, the caretaker government can only administer existing laws. Without a Parliament, it cannot initiate policy. Yet India is in desperate need of firm government to tackle urgent economic problems, including inflation currently running at 15%. To add to India's troubles, Pakistan has not abandoned its efforts to acquire an enriched-uranium plant, a crucial step...