Exam 3: Political and Social Movements in India

Narmada Bachao Andolan, with its leading spokespersons Medha Patkar and Baba Amte, received the Right Livelihood Award in..................

In 1969, the Communist Party Marxist-Leninist (ML) was formed under the leadership of.........................

Rama Janma Bhoomi is the name given to the site that many Hindus believe to be the birthplace of Rama, the..................... avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu.

In.................., the demolition of Babri Masjid by Hindu nationalists triggered widespread Hindu-Muslim violence.

........................employed Dr.Manmohan Singh as his Finance Minister to embark on historic economic transition.

..........................was the first prime minister of India

................. has received the "French Palme D'or'', the highest civilian award of France.

.Born to famous dancer Mrinalini Sarabhai and reputed space scientist Vikram Sarabhai, ....................is a woman of many dimensions and talents.

The Khalistan movement aimed to create a separate ........................ country.

11th President of India .................... described Rao as a "patriotic statesman who believed that the nation is bigger than the political system".

..............................is considered as "the Gandhi of Independent India".

The Narmada flows from Amarkantak in ................and after long journey, ends up in the Arabian Sea.

........................................ is a noted Kuchipudi and Bharatnatyam dancer.

Future Prime ministers Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh continued the economic reform policies pioneered by ......................government.

..................... accelerated the dismantling of the License Raj, reversing the socialist policies of Rajiv Gandhi's government.

There is another parallel movement in the South 'the Apiko Movement' the western Ghats of ..................started by Medha Patekar.

With .................... mandate, Dr.Manmohan Singh launched India's globalisation angle of the reforms that implemented the International Monetary Fund (IMF) policies to rescue the almost bankrupt nation from economic collapse.

To implement their political line, the rebel CPM leaders launched a peasant uprising in the small Naxalbari area of northern.....................

In June 1984, during ................., Indira Gandhi ordered the Indian Army to attack the Golden Temple and eliminate any insurgents, as it had been occupied by Sikh separatists who were allegedly stockpiling weaponOperation Blue Stars.

A ..........lawyer, Peter Beneson, founded Amnesty International (AI) in 1961.