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Wars, the Green Revolution & the Emergency

India · 19711971 War, the birth of Bangladesh, and Indira Gandhi's electoral mandate

Indira Gandhi's Congress(R) swept the March general election on the 'Garibi Hatao' plank, then led India through the East Pakistan refugee crisis into a December war that created Bangladesh. Parliament abolished the princely privy purses and reaffirmed its power to amend the Constitution.

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Key figures

Indira Gandhi — Prime Minister; won the 1971 landslide, led India through the Bangladesh war and was conferred the BharaV. V. Giri — President of India in 1971.S. M. Sikri — Chief Justice of India in 1971.Sam Manekshaw — Chief of the Army Staff who directed the 1971 war effort.Lt. Gen. Jagjit Singh Aurora — GOC-in-C, Eastern Command, who received Pakistan's surrender at Dhaka on 16 December 1971Vikram Sarabhai — founder of India's space programme; died on 30 December 1971.

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