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The Republic & the Nehru Years

India · 1957Second general election: Congress returns; Kerala elects a Communist ministry

India's second general election in 1957 returned Jawaharlal Nehru's Congress with a large majority, while Kerala voted in E.M.S. Namboodiripad's ministry — India's first elected Communist government. The Second Five-Year Plan pushed heavy industry as a foreign-exchange crisis emerged and the rupee went decimal.

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Key figures

Jawaharlal Nehru — Prime Minister; led Congress to victory in the 1957 general election.E.M.S. Namboodiripad — sworn in on 5 April 1957 as Kerala Chief Minister, heading India's first elected Communist governRajendra Prasad — President of India, re-elected in 1957 to a second term.V.K. Krishna Menon — led India's UN delegation on Kashmir; became Defence Minister in 1957.Homi J. Bhabha — architect of India's atomic-energy programme; AEET Trombay inaugurated in 1957.Balwant Rai Mehta — chaired the 1957 committee that recommended Panchayati Raj.

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