Navnirman Andolan
Successful socio-political movement in 1974 in Gujarat, India / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Navnirman Andolan (trans. Re-invention or Re-construction movement) was a socio-political movement in 1974 in Gujarat by students and middle-class people against economic crisis and corruption in public life. It is the only successful agitation in the history of post-independence India that resulted in dissolution of an elected government of the state.[1][2][3]
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Date | 20 December 1973 (1973-12-20) - 16 March 1974 (1974-03-16) | |||
Location | Gujarat, India | |||
Caused by | Economic crisis and corruption in public life | |||
Goals | Resignation of Chief Minister and dissolution of assembly | |||
Methods | Protest march, street protest, riot, hunger strike, strike | |||
Resulted in | Legislative assembly dissolved and fresh elections | |||
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Death(s) | At least 100[1][2] | |||
Injuries | 1000-3000[1][2] | |||
Arrested | 8000[1][2] |
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