Photo of the country’s first Lok Sabha election
Our country is the largest democratic nation in the world and we all are aware of the importance of elections in democracy. The process of the first Lok Sabha elections in the country began on 25 October 1951, which was completed on 21 February 1952. More than 17 crore Indian voters participated in this election and they proved wrong the assumption of the British that Indian society would not be able to fulfill the responsibility of democracy.
Started in 1951, finished in 1952
Today we tell you some interesting things related to the first parliamentary elections of independent India. The country’s first general elections were held from 25 October 1951 to 21 February 1952. That means a year had passed between the beginning and the end of India’s first Lok Sabha election. This was India’s longest election in terms of time period. The shortest general elections in the country were held in 1980 when voting was completed in just four days. Voting in the first election lasted for more than 4 months.
The world’s biggest election was in 1951
In the general elections of India held in the year 1951, about 17 percent of the world’s population was going to vote. India’s first Lok Sabha election was the biggest election of that time. During that period, voting took place for a total of 17 days on different dates. Then the Election Commission had established 1,96,084 polling stations across the country.
Sukumar Sen had conducted the first election
The first Chief Election Commissioner of India was Sukumar Sen, who conducted the first general elections of independent India. The first Lok Sabha was formed in the country on 17 April 1952. Then Jawaharlal Nehru became the first elected Prime Minister and after this he formed his cabinet.
The sequential details of other major events recorded in the history of the country and the world on the date of 25th October are as follows:-
1296: Saint Dnyaneshwar took samadhi.
1881: Birth of Spain’s great painter, sculptor and versatile genius Pablo Picasso. He is considered one of the most influential and greatest artists of the 20th century.
1947: Maharaja Hari Singh of Kashmir appealed to the Indian Government for help in the wake of Pakistani attack.
1950: China sided with North Korea in the Korean War and moved against South Korea.
1964: India developed its first indigenous tank. This tank was named “Vijayant”.
1964: President Kaunda took power in Zambia. Zambia became the ninth African country to gain independence from British rule.
1980: Death of famous Urdu poet Sahir Ludhianvi.
1983: US forces captured the small Caribbean island of Grenada on the orders of President Ronald Reagan. Earlier, Prime Minister Maurice Bishop was killed in the leftist rebellion.
1990: Meghalaya’s founder and first Chief Minister Williamson Apang Sangma passed away.
2022: 35 people die in Bangladesh due to cyclone ‘Sitrang’.
2022: Rishi Sunak becomes the first British Prime Minister of Asian origin, world leaders described Sunak’s becoming Prime Minister as an “unprecedented milestone”.
2023: Several US states sued Meta, saying its social media platform was harmful to the mental health of children.
(with language inputs)
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