Question
Why is the decade of sixties labelled as a ‘dangerous’ decade?
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Answer
- Doubts about democratic succession after Nehru’s death, -Lal Bahadur Shastri’s era.
- Economic implications of war with China.
- Failed monsoons, drought and serious food crisis.
- War with Pakistan in 1965.
- Death of Lal Bahadur Shastri.
- Crisis of leadership-peaceful transition of power–Indra Gandhi’s era-conflict with Syndicate.
- Decline in agricultural production, serious food shortage, depletion of foreign exchange, drop in industrial production, devaluation, price rise, unemployment.
- Bandhs and strikes.
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