Revisiting the 1967 General Elections: A Pivot of India's Downfall

The 1967 General Elections of India was a crucial juncture in the history of "independent India." It was the clear line that separated decency from brazenness.

Introduction

THE 1967 GENERAL ELECTIONS OF INDIA is one of those watershed events in the history of “independent” India that changed her future for the worse. It was arguably the singular event that marks a neat cleavage between decency and flagrance in public life. It was a Samudra-Manthana of the ocean of poison and everything that emerged from it floo…