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I cont. Ahila India Naadalum Makkal Katchi All India Educated Unemployed Youth Party All India Ezhai Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam All India Forward Bloc K (Subhasist) All India Latchiya Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam All India Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam All India Moovendar Munnani Kazhagam All India Muslim League (2002) All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi M Ambedkar Makkal Iyakkam Ambedkar Makkal Katchi Anaithinthiya Thamizhaga Munnetra Kazhagam User:Arjunsampathimk

P cont. Indian Christian Front Indian National Democratic Congress R Indian Uzhavar Uzhaippalar Katchi Puthiya Tamilagam

Revolutionary Forward Bloc

T Kamarajar Adithanar Kazhagam Kamarajar Deseeya Congress Kongunadu Makkal Katchi Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam

B Bharatiya Forward Bloc

Commonweal Party Congress Jananayaka Peravai

Dalit Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam

Makkal Manadu Katchi Makkal Tamil Desam Katchi Makkal Vizhippunarvu Iyakkam Manithaneya Makkal Katchi Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Marxist Periarist Communist Party MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MGR Kazhagam MGR Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam MGR-SSR Latchiya Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Arasu Kazhagam Tamil Desiyak Katchi Tamil Maanila Congress Tamil Maanila Kamraj Congress Tamil Nadu Forward Bloc Tamil Nadu Makkal Congress Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazagham Tamil Nadu Peasants and Workers Party Tamil National Party Tamilnadu Toilers' Party Tamizhaga Dravida Makkal Katchi Tamizhaga Janata Party Tamizhaga Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam Tamizhaga Munnetra Kazhagam Tamizhaga Vazhvurimai Katchi Thamilar Bhoomi Thamizhaga Munnetra

Democratic Forward Bloc Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Dhiravida Thelugar N Munnetra Kazhagam Dravida Telugar Munnetra Kazhagam Dravida Vizhipunarchi Kazhagam P Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam Dravidian parties

Moovendar Munnetra Kazhagam

Naam Tamilar Katchi National Forward Bloc

Munnani Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam Thazhthapattor Munnetra Kazhagam Thondar Congress

Hindu Makkal Katchi

Aravinda Bala Pajanor U Pasumpon Forward Bloc Pattali Makkal Katchi Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam V Perunthalaivar Makkal Katchi Puthiya Needhi Katchi

Uzhavar Uzhaippalar Katchi

Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi

Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi

Leaders of India

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Look for biographies of the leaders (in Spanish) at CIDOB website. Comprehensive lists providing the rulers of the States are available at Rulers, in two parts: from A to L and from M to W. Note: since the independence on 15 Aug 1947 to the proclamation of the Republic on 26 Jan 1950, the head of State was the British monarch, King George VI, represented by a GovernorGeneral. BJP: Indian People's Party/Bharatiya Janata Party BJS: Indian People's Union/Bharatiya Jana Sangh (+) BLD: Indian People's Party/Bharatiya Lok Dal (+) CPI(M): Communist Party of India (Marxist) INC: Indian National Congress (a.k.a. Indian Congress Party) INC(i): Indian National Congress-Indira Gandhi faction (+) JD: People's Party/Janata Dal JD(s): Janata Dal-Chandra Shekhar-faction (+) JP: People's Party/Janata Party (+) SHS: Shiv Sena Party TDP: Telugu Desam Party n/p: non-party;

Heads of State Governors-General Louis Francis Mountbatten Chakravarti Rajagopalachari

15 Aug 1947 - 21 Jun 1948 (+1979)a 21 Jun 1948 - 26 Jan 1950 (+1972)

Presidents of the Union Rajendra Prasad 26 Jan 1950 - 13 May 1962 (+1963) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 13 May 1962 - 13 May 1967 (+1975) Zakir Husain 13 May 1967 - 3 May 1969 (+) Varahgiri Venkata Giri 3 May 1969 - 20 Jul 1969 (+1980) (acting) Mohammad Hidayatullah 20 Jul 1969 - 24 Aug 1969 (+1992) (acting) Varahgiri Venkata Giri 24 Aug 1969 - 24 Aug 1974 (+1980) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed 24 Aug 1974 - 11 Feb 1977 (+) Basappa Danappa Jatti 11 Feb 1977 - 25 Jul 1977 (+2002) (acting) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 25 Jul 1977 - 25 Jul 1982 (+1996) Zail Singh 25 Jul 1982 - 25 Jul 1987 (+1994) Ramaswamy Iyer Venkataraman 25 Jul 1987 - 25 Jul 1992 (+2009) Shankar Dayal Sharma 25 Jul 1992 - 25 Jul 1997 (+1999) Kocheril Raman Narayanan 25 Jul 1997 - 25 Jul 2002 (+2005) Avul Pakiri Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam 25 Jul 2002 - 25 Jul 2007 Pratibha Patil 25 Jul 2007 - 25 Jul 2012 Pranab Mukherjee 25 Jul 2012 -

Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru 15 Aug 1947 - 27 May 1964 (+) INC Gulzarilal Nanda 27 May 1964 - 2 Jun 1964 (+1998) INC Lal Bahadur Shastri 2 Jun 1964 - 11 Jan 1966 (+) INC Gulzarilal Nanda 11 Jan 1966 - 19 Jan 1966 (+1998) INC Indira Gandhi 19 Jan 1966 - 24 Mar 1977 (+1984)a INC Morarji Desai 24 Mar 1977 - 28 Jul 1979 (+1995) JP Charan Singh 28 Jul 1979 - 14 Jan 1980 (+1987) JP/BLD Indira Gandhi 14 Jan 1980 - 31 Oct 1984 (+)a INC(i) Rajiv Gandhi 31 Oct 1984 - 2 Dec 1989 (+1991)a INC(i) Vishwanath Pratap Singh 2 Dec 1989 - 10 Nov 1990 (+2008) JD Chandra Shekhar 10 Nov 1990 - 21 Jun 1991 (+2007) JD(s) Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao 21 Jun 1991 - 16 May 1996 (+2004) INC(i) Atal Bihari Vajpayee 16 May 1996 - 1 Jun 1996 BJP Haradanahalli Dodde Deve Gowda 1 Jun 1996 - 21 Apr 1997 JD Inder Kumar Gujral 21 Apr 1997 - 19 Mar 1998 JD Atal Bihari Vajpayee 19 Mar 1998 - 22 May 2004 BJP Manmohan Singh 22 May 2004 INC

Speakers of the Lok Sabha Ganesh Vasudeo Mavalankar 1952-1956 (+) INC Madabushi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar 1956-1962 (+1978) INC Sardar Hukam Singh 1962-1967 (+1983) INC Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 1967-1969 (+1996) n/p Gurundhayal Singh Dhillion 1969-1975 (+1992) INC Bali Ram Bhagat 1976-1977 INC Neelam Sanjiva Reddy 1977 (+1996) n/p Kawdoor Sadaranda Hedge 1977-1980 (+1990) JP Balram Jakhar 1980-1989 INC(i) Rabi Ray 1989-1991 JD Shivraj Vishwanath Patil 1991-1996 INC(i) Purno Agitok Sangma 1996-1998 INC(i) Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi 1998-2002 (+)k TDP Manohar Joshi 2002-2004 SHS Somnath Chatterjee 2004-2009 CPI(M) Meira Kumar 2009INC

Vicepresidents of the Union Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan 1952-1962 (+1975) Zakir Husain 1962-1967 (+1969) Varahgiri Venkata Giri 1967-1969 (+1980) Gopal Swarup Pathak 1969-1974 (+1982) Basappa Danappa Jatti 1974-1979 (+2002) Mohammad Hidayatullah 1979-1984 (+1992) Ramaswamy Iyer Venkataraman 1984-1987 (+2009) Shankar Dayal Sharma 1987-1992 (+1999) Kocheril Raman Narayanan 1992-1997 (+2005) Krishan Kant 1997-2002 (+) Bhairon Singh Shekhawat 2002-2007 (+2010) Mohammad Hamid Ansari 2007-

Chairmen of INC and INC(i) Acharya Jivatram Bhagwandas Kripalani1946-1947 (+1982) Pattabhi Sitaraimayya 1947-1949 (+1959) Purshottam Das Tandon 1949-1950 (+1961) Jawaharlal Nehru 1950-1954 (+1964)

Uchharangray Navalshankar Dhebar 1954-1959 (+1977) Indira Gandhi 1959 (+1984)a INC Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy 1959-1964 (+1996) Kumaraswami Kamaraj 1964-1968 (+1975) Siddavanahalli Nijalingappa 1968-1969 (+2000) Jagjivan Ram 1969-1972 (+1986) Shankar Dayal Sharma 1971-1975 (+1999) Dev Kant Baruah 1975-1978 (+1996) Indira Gandhi 1978-1984 (+)a Rajiv Gandhi 1984-1991 (+)a Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao 1991-1996 (+2004) Sitaram Kesri 1996-1998 (+2000) Sonia Gandhi 1998-

Chairmen of BJP Atal Bihari Vajpayee 1980-1986 Lal Krishna Advani 1986-1991 Murli Manohar Joshi 1991-1993 Lal Krishna Advani 1993-1998 Kushabhau Thakre 1998-2000 (+2003) Bangaru Laxman 2000-2001 Jana Krishnamurthi 2001-2002 (+2007) Venkaiah Naidu 2002-2004 Lal Krishna Advani 2004-2006 Rajnath Singh 2006-2009 Nitin Gadkari 2009The BJS was founded on 21 Oct 1951. In Jan 1977 it merged with the BLD, George Fernandes' Socialist Party and several splinter groups of the INC to form the JP. The JP suffered a desintegration process and in Apr 1980 the major faction established the BJP. Presidents of India 1) Rajendra Prasad (1950-1962) 2) Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan (1962-1967) 3) Zakir Hussain (1967-1969) 4) Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1969-1974) 5) Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1974-1977) 6) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1977-1982) 7) Zail Singh (1982-1987)

8) Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1987-1992) 9) Shankar Dayal Sharma (1992-1997) 10) Kocheril Raman Narayanan (1997-2002) 11) Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (2002-2007) 12) Pratibha Patil (2007- )

Vice Presidents of India

1) Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan (1952-1962) 2) Zakir Hussain (1962-1967) 3) Varahagiri Venkata Giri (1967-1969) 4) Gopal Swarup Pathak (1969-1974) 5) Basappa Danappa Jatti (1974-1979) 6) Mohammad Hidayatullah (1979-1984) 7) Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1984-1987) 8) Shankar Dayal Sharma (1987-1992) 9) Kocheril Raman Narayanan (1992-1997) 10) Krishan Kant (1997-2002) 11) Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (2002-2007) 12) Mohammad Hamid Ansari (2007- )

Prime Ministers of India

1) Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964)

2) Lal Bahadur Shastri (1964-1966) 3) Indira Gandhi (1966-1977, 1980-1984) 4) Morarji Desai (1977-1979) 5) Charan Singh (1979-1980) 6) Rajiv Gandhi (1984-1989) 7) Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1989-1990) 8) Chandra Shekhar (1990-1991) 9) Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao (1991-1996) 10) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1996, 1998-2004) 11) Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda (1996-1997) 12) Inder Kumar Gujral (1997-1998) 13) Manmohan Singh (2004- ) **********************************************

Speakers of Lok Sabha

1) Ganesh Mavalankar (1952-1956) 2) Madabhooshi Ananthasayanam Ayyangar (1956-1962) 3) Hukam Singh (1962-1967) 4) Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1967-1969, 1977) 5) Gurdial Singh Dhillon (1969-1975) 6) Bali Ram Bhaghat (1976-1977) 7) Kawdoor Sadananda Hegde (1977-1980) 8) Balaram Jakhar (1980-1989)

9) Rabi Ray (1989-1991) 10) Shivraj Patil (1991-1996) 11) Purno Albert Sangma (1996-1998) 12) Ganti Mohana Chandra Balayogi (1998-2002) 13) Manohar Joshi (2002-2004) 14) Somnath Chatterjee (2004-2009) 15) Meira Kumar (2009- )

List of recognised political parties in India

Indian state governments led by various political parties

India has a multi-party system with a predominance of small regional parties. Political parties that wish to contest local, state or national elections are required to be registered by the Election Commission of India (EC). In order to gain recognition in a state, the party must have had

political activity for at least five continuous years, and send at least 4% of the state's quota to the Lok Sabha (India's Lower house), or 3.33% of members to that state's assembly.[which?] These conditions are deemed to have failed if a member of the Lok Sabha or the Legislative Assembly of the State becomes a member of that political party after his election. If a party is recognised in four or more states, it is declared as a "National party" by the EC. Otherwise, it is known as a "State Party."[1] All parties contesting elections have to choose a symbol from a list of available symbols offered by the Election Commission. All 28 states along with the union territory of Pondicherry and the National Capital Territory of Delhi usually have an elected government unless President's rule is imposed under certain conditions.

Contents

1 National Party 2 State 3 Notes 4 References

National Party
S.N. Symbol Flag Name Acronym Year[2] Party leader

1.

Bahujan Samaj Party

BSP

1984

Mayawati

2.

Bharatiya Janata Party

BJP

1980

Nitin Gadkari

3.

Communist Party of India

CPI

1925[B]

Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy

4.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI (M) 1964

Prakash Karat

5.

Indian National Congress

INC

1885

Sonia Gandhi

6.

Nationalist Congress Party

NCP

1999

Sharad Pawar

Source: Election Commission of India[3]

State
If a party is recognised as a state party by the Election Commission, it can reserve a symbol for its exclusive use in the state. The following are a list of recognised state parties as of September 2009.[4]
Symbol Name All Jharkhand Students Union Acronym Year[2] AJSU Party Party leader States

Sudesh Mahto

Jharkhand

All India Anna Dravida AIADMK 1972 J. Jayalalitha Munnetra Kazhagam All India Forward Bloc AIFB 1939 Debabrata Biswas

Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry West Bengal Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal Assam

All India Trinamool Congress All India United Democratic Front

AITC

1998 Mamata Banerjee

Lock & Key

AUDF

2004 Badruddin Ajmal

Asom Gana Parishad

AGP

1985 Prafulla Kumar Mahanta

Assam

Biju Janata Dal Bodoland People's Front Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

BJD

1997 Naveen Patnaik

Orissa

Nangol

BPF

Assam Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry

DMK

1949 M Karunanidhi

Paniharin

Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) Indian National Lok Dal Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party Janata Dal (United) Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

HJC(BL)

Haryana

INLD

1999 Om Prakash Chautala

Haryana Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir

JKNC

1932 Omar Abdullah

JKNPP

NA[D] Bhim Singh

PDP

1998 Mufti Mohammed Sayeed

Jammu and Kashmir Bihar, Jharkhand Jharkhand, Orissa Jharkhand

JD (U)

1999 Sharad Yadav

JMM

1972 Shibu Soren

Jharkhand Vikas JVM(P) Morcha (Prajatantrik)

Janata Dal (Secular)

JD (S)

1999 H.D. Deve Gowda

Karnataka, Kerala

Kerala Congress

KEC

1964 P.J. Joseph

Kerala

Kerala Congress (M) Bungalow Lok Jan Shakti Party Maharashtra Navnirman Sena Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party

KEC (M) 1979 C.F. Thomas LJSP MNS 2000 Ram Vilas Paswan 2006 Raj Thackeray

Kerala Bihar Maharashtra

MAG

1963 Shashikala Kakodkar

Goa

Manipur People's Party

MPP

1968 O. Joy Singh

Manipur

Mizo National Front

MDF

1959 Pu Zoramthanga

Mizoram

Mizoram People's Conference

MPC

1972 Pu Lalhmingthanga

Mizoram

Muslim League Kerala MUL State Committee Nagaland People's Front National People's Party

1948 G.M. Banatwalla

Kerala

NPF

2002 Neiphiu Rio

Nagaland

NPP

Manipur

Pattali Makkal Katchi PMK Full Sun with rays Bell

1989 G. K. Mani

Tamil Nadu Andhra Pradesh Pondicherry Bihar, Jharkhand, Manipur Uttar Pradesh

Praja Rajyam Party Pudhucherry Munnetra Congress

PRP

2008 Chiranjeevi

PMC

2005 P. Kannan

Hurricane Lamp Rashtriya Janata Dal

RJD

Rashtriya Lok Dal Revolutionary Socialist Party Symbol On Young Bengal Process to Mark Congress

RLD

RSP

1940 T.J.Chandrachoodan

West Bengal

YBC

2012 Dr.S.Choudhury/Mr.S.Mukherjee West Bengal

Samajwadi Party Aeroplane Save Goa Front Shiromani Akali Dal

SP SGF SAD

1992 Mulayam Singh Yadav NA Churchill Alemao

Uttar Pradesh Goa Punjab

1920 Parkash Singh Badal 1966 Bal Thackeray[C]

Shiv Sena Sikkim Democratic Front Telangana Rashtra Samithi Telugu Desam Party

SHS

Maharashtra

SDF

1993 Pawan Kumar Chamling

Sikkim Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh

TRS

2001 K. Chandrashekar Rao

TDP

1982 N. Chandrababu Naidu

United Democratic Party Uttarakhand Kranti Dal

UDP

NA

Donkupar Roy

Meghalaya

UKKD

1979 Bipin Chandra Tripathi

Uttarakhand

YSR Congress Party

YSRCP

1999 Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy

Andhra Pradesh

Zoram Nationalist Party

ZNP

1997 Lalduhoma

Mizoram

Notes

^A , the BSP may use its symbol in all states except Sikkim and Assam, where its candidates have to choose another symbol.[5] The BSP at the moment does not have a presence in these two states. ^B According to the CPI(M), the breakaway faction, the CPI was founded in 1920 in Tashkent.[6] ^C Uddhav Thackeray is the working president of the Shiv Sena. The overall command was held by his father and party founder who deceased on the 17th November 2012 Bal Thackeray.[7] ^D NA The exact year of formation is not available

^E This listing is based on the situation at the September 2009 assembly elections. Source:[4]

References
General

"Current recognised parties" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 2009-03-14. Retrieved 201007-05.

Specific 1. ^ "Registration of Political Parties". FAQs. Election Commission of India. 2007. Retrieved 200909-26.[dead link] 2. ^ a b "Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Country Fact Sheet - India". 2007-05. Retrieved 2009-08-22. 3. ^ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/Notification_symbol_08032011.pd f 4. ^ a b Election Commission of India 5. ^ "Notification of political parties and election symbols" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2009-08-04.[dead link] 6. ^ Surjeet, Harkishan Singh (2005). "Spread of Communist Activities". History of the communist movement in India. 1. LeftWord Books. p. 54. ISBN 81-87496-49-5. 7. ^ Bidwai, Praful. "Hindutva in dire straits". View page ratings Rate this page What's this? Trustworthy Objective Complete Well-written I am highly knowledgeable about this topic (optional) Categories:

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