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Syndicate, Shastri and the 1965 War Flashcards

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When was the Syndicate formed?

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1963

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Who were the primary contenders for the post of PM after Nehru’s death?

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Lal Bahadur Shastri and Morarji Desai

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The party president and member of the Syndicate

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K Kamaraj

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The regional party boss of Bengal and Syndicate member

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Atulya Ghosh

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The regional party boss of Andhra Pradesh and Syndicate member

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N. Sanjeeva Reddy

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The regional party boss of Bombay and Syndicate member

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S. K. Patil

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The regional party boss of Mysore/Karnataka and Syndicate member

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S. Nijalingappa

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When was Shastri sworn in as PM?

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2nd June, 1964

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Which ministry in Shastri’s cabinet did Indira Gandhi get assigned to?

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Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

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Which two state reorganisation demands were neglected by Shastri?

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Punjabi Suba and Goa’s merger with Maharashtra

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What was the issue with statutory rationing introduced by the government to combine food shortages?

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It only covered 7 major cities

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What organisation did the government create to combat the food shortage in January 1965?

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State Food Trading Corporation

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What strategy was initiated by the government to increase agricultural output and achieve self sufficiency in food in the long run?

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Green Revolution strategy

only vigorously pursued in Indira regime

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The Indian government was one of the first to criticise the US bombing of ______.

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North Vietnam

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Shastri created a Prime Minister’s Secretariat or PMO, headed by his principal private secretary, _______.

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L. K. Jha

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Under the leadership of whom, among other dissident leaders, was unrest started in the Kashmir Valley in 1965?

A

Sheikh Abdullah

17
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Pakistan had acquired sophisticated military equipment from ______.

A

The United States of America

18
Q

When did Pakistan occupy territories in the Rann of Kutch?

A

April, 1965

19
Q

Who was the army chief at the time of the 1965 Indo-Pak War?

A

General J. N Chaudhri

20
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Which strategic posts did Shastri order the army to occupy in the Kashmir region?

A

Kargil, Haji Pir, Uri and others

21
Q

Where did Pakistan launch an attack on 1st September 1965?

A

Chhamb sector (south-west of Jammu and Kashmir)

22
Q

Indian troops were ordered to cross the Pakistan border into _______ and ______.

A

Lahore and Sialkot

23
Q

Which country dissuaded China from going to Pakistan’s aid?

A

The Soviet Union

24
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When did the ceasefire between India and Pakistan come into effect?

A

23rd September, 1965

25
Q

There was communal trouble in India during the 1965 Indo-Pak war- True or False?

A

False

26
Q

When and where did General Ayub Khan and Shastri meet after the ceasefire?

A

4th January, 1966 at Tashkent in the Soviet Union

27
Q

Under the Tashkent Declaration, which area did India agree withdraw from despite it being strategically disadvantageous?

A

Haji Pir

28
Q

When did Shastri die?

A

10th January, 1966

29
Q

How many CM’s out of 14 threw their weight behind Indira Gandhi as Shastri’s successor?

A

12

30
Q

Morarji Desai insisted on a contest to decide who would take up the role of PM between himself and Mrs. Gandhi- True or False?

A

True

she defeated him on 19th Jan, 1966

31
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What were two things that worsened the food shortages in 1965?

A

Chief Ministers of states with food surplus refused to co-operate and US suspended food aid due to the 1965 war.

32
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Which British Prime Minister referred the Kutch dispute to the International Court of Arbitration, and when?

A

Harold Wilson, April 1965

33
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How many square miles of territory in Kutch was Pakistan awarded?

A

350

34
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Why was India’s response to the Kutch occupation militarily weak?

A

Due to the nature of the terrain

35
Q

Who was Interim Prime Minister after Shastri’s death?

A

Gulzarilal Nanda

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