Janata Party

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The Janata Party was a major Indian political party formed in the 1970s as a broad coalition opposing Indira Gandhi’s Emergency rule and briefly governing India after the 1977 general election.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct political party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
alliedOrganization Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ⓘ
cameToPower 1977 ⓘ
country India ⓘ
dissolved 2013 ⓘ
formedAs coalition of opposition parties ⓘ
formedGovernment Government of India ⓘ
founded 1977 ⓘ
foundedBy Atal Bihari Vajpayee ⓘ
Charan Singh ⓘ
Jagjivan Ram ⓘ
Jayaprakash Narayan ⓘ
Lal Krishna Advani ⓘ
linked to: L. K. Advani

Morarji Desai ⓘ
governedIndiaFrom 1977 ⓘ
governedIndiaUntil 1979 ⓘ
hadPrimeMinister Charan Singh ⓘ
Morarji Desai ⓘ
headquarters New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India
ideology Gandhian socialism ⓘ
anti-Congressism ⓘ
democratic socialism ⓘ
internalConflictOver dual membership of RSS ⓘ
mergedInto Bharatiya Janata Party ⓘ
notableLeader Atal Bihari Vajpayee ⓘ
Chandra Shekhar ⓘ
Charan Singh ⓘ
George Fernandes ⓘ
Jagjivan Ram ⓘ
Lal Krishna Advani ⓘ
linked to: L. K. Advani

Madhu Limaye ⓘ
Morarji Desai ⓘ
opposed Indian National Congress ⓘ
Indira Gandhi ⓘ
originatedFrom Bharatiya Jana Sangh ⓘ
Bharatiya Lok Dal ⓘ
Congress (O) ⓘ
linked to: Congress

Socialist Party ⓘ
Swatantra Party factions ⓘ
parliamentaryRepresentation Lok Sabha ⓘ
Rajya Sabha ⓘ
politicalPosition centre ⓘ
centre-right ⓘ
president Subramanian Swamy ⓘ
primeMinisterFromParty Charan Singh ⓘ
Morarji Desai ⓘ
purpose oppose the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi ⓘ
splitLedTo formation of Bharatiya Janata Party ⓘ
successor Bharatiya Janata Party ⓘ
wonElection 1977 Indian general election ⓘ

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Jayaprakash Narayan → memberOf → Janata Party ⓘ
Ram Manohar Lohia → influenced → Janata Party leaders ⓘ
linked to: Janata Party
Bharatiya Janata Party → precededBy → Bharatiya Jana Sangh ⓘ
linked to: Janata Party
Morarji Desai → politicalParty → Janata Party ⓘ
Vijay Mallya → politicalAffiliation → Janata Party ⓘ
Dhanik Lal Mandal → politicalParty → Janata Party ⓘ
Jagjivan Ram → memberOf → Janata Party ⓘ
Maintenance of Internal Security Act → repealedBy → Janata Party government ⓘ
linked to: Janata Party
44th Amendment to the Constitution of India → introducedBy → Janata Party government ⓘ
linked to: Janata Party
Nanaji Deshmukh → memberOf → Janata Party ⓘ
George Fernandes → politicalParty → Janata Party ⓘ
Sharad Yadav → memberOfPoliticalParty → Janata Party ⓘ
Janata Dal → originatedFrom → Janata Party ⓘ
Morarji Desai → memberOfPoliticalParty → Janata Party ⓘ
subject linked to: Morarji
K. S. Hegde → memberOfPoliticalParty → Janata Party ⓘ
Bharatiya Lok Dal → mergedInto → Janata Party ⓘ
Bharatiya Lok Dal → dissolvedInto → Janata Party ⓘ
Bharatiya Lok Dal → electoralAlliance → Janata alliance ⓘ
linked to: Janata Party
Gayatri Devi → spousePoliticalParty → Janata Party ⓘ
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy → politicalParty → Janata Party ⓘ
NG Ranga → politicalParty → Janata Party ⓘ
Madhu Limaye → memberOf → Janata Party ⓘ
Subramanian Swamy → memberOf → Janata Party ⓘ
Subramanian Swamy → memberOf → Janata Party (Secular) ⓘ
linked to: Janata Party
Socialist Party (India) → mergedInto → Janata Party ⓘ
subject linked to: Socialist Party