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271:" ("one constitution, one flag and one premier"). This was in marked opposition to the state trying to formulate its own constitution, carrying its own flag and calling its head of executive "Prime Minister." On 15 January 1952, students staged a demonstration against the hoisting of the state flag alongside the Indian Union flag. They were penalised, giving rise to a big procession on 8 February. The military was called out and a 72-hour curfew imposed. 256:. The government swiftly suppressed it by arresting as many as 294 members of the Praja Parishad including Prem Nath Dogra, its president. Balraj Madhok was externed from the state. The Praja Parishad's call for full integration directly clashed with the demands of National Conference for complete autonomy of the state. The Indian leaders intervened and arranged a temporary truce. However, the simmering tensions came to the fore again in the 320:
imprisoned in Jammu, Punjab and Delhi, including Members of Parliament. Unfortunately, Mukherjee died in detention on 23 June 1953, leading to an uproar in India and precipitating a crisis that spiralled out of control. Sheikh Abdullah lost majority within his five-member Cabinet. He was dismissed from the post of Prime Minister and put in prison, by the orders of
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The Praja Parishad failed to develop into a mass movement, especially in rural areas. The National Conference, having implemented land reforms benefiting the rural populations, was favoured by the electorate. The Parishad was also an overwhelmingly Hindu party, and had no attraction to the Muslims.
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to launch a parallel agitation in Delhi. In May 1953, Shyama Prasad Mukherjee made a bid to enter Jammu and Kashmir, citing his rights as an Indian citizen to visit any part of the country. Abdullah prohibited his entry and promptly arrested him when he attempted. An estimated 10,000 activists were
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In order to break the constitutional deadlock, the National Conference was invited to send a delegation to Delhi. The 1952 Delhi Agreement was formulated to settle the extent of applicability of the Indian Constitution to the state. Following this, the Constituent Assembly abolished the monarchy in
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The Praja Parishad undertook a civil disobedience campaign for a third time in November 1952, which again led to repression by the state government. The Parishad accused Abdullah of communalism (sectarianism), favouring the Muslim interests in the state and sacrificing the interests of the others.
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was founded in November 1947 with this background, soon after the Pakistani tribal invasion. Balraj Madhok was a key organiser of the party and Hari Wazir became its first President. Prem Nath Dogra and others soon joined in. According to Madhok, the objective of the party was to achieve the "full
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The Praja Parishad initially contested 28 out of 30 seats allocated to Jammu in the 1951 elections. However, the nomination papers of thirteen of its candidates were rejected on the grounds of technicalities. Sensing that the elections were being railroaded by the ruling National Conference, the
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was a powerful leader, commanding a big block of support from various opposition parties. The Party and Mukherjee took up the cause of Jammu with vigour. The Praja Parishad submitted a memorandum to the President of India in June 1952, calling for full integration and staged a big demonstration
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Praja Parishad announced a boycott of the elections shortly before the polling. Consequently, all National Conference candidates were declared as winners from the Jammu province. Thus obstructed from democratic participation, the Praja Parishad took to the streets organising protests.
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during its lifetime and merged with the latter in 1963. Its main activity was to campaign for the close integration of Jammu and Kashmir with India and oppose the special status granted to the state under the
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might decide regarding the state's status, which in effect meant support for the state's independence. However, following the communal upheaval of the partition and the
349:, the Praja Parishad put forward 17 candidates and won 6 seats. One elected member later switched sides, with the Parishad retaining only 5 members in the Assembly. 371:. The event is characterised by analysts as a major "centralising strategy" and a victory for the Hindu nationalist agenda of the Praja Parishad and its allies. 412: 408: 397: 375: 353: 346: 257: 1068: 1048: 1063: 420: 178: 177:, the party gradually rose in stature. As an integral part of the Bharatiya Janata Party, it was a partner in the ruling coalition led by the 415:, the party scored a major victory emerging as the second largest party in the Assembly with 25 seats. It formed a coalition government with 286:, and the Praja Parishad became its affiliate in Jammu and Kashmir. Even though Jana Sangh won only 3 seats in the Indian Parliament in the 1058: 1078: 232:, its position changed to supporting the accession of the state to India and, subsequently, full integration of Jammu with India. 1053: 240:
integration" of Jammu and Kashmir with India and to oppose the "communist-dominated anti-Dogra government of Sheikh Abdullah."
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imposed a national emergency. After it was lifted, Jana Sangh merged with other opposition parties in India to form the
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Member of Parliament N. C. Chatterjee ridiculed the autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir as a "Republic within a Republic."
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with the central government. He subsequently revived the National Conference. Between 1975 and 1977, Prime Minister
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Calling for "full integration" of the state with the rest of India, the Parishad issued a rallying cry of "
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from the former Jana Sangh faction, the party's fortunes in Jammu and Kashmir were again lacklustre until
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In 1975, Sheikh Abdullah was released from prison and allowed to return to power after striking a
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was established in Jammu in 1939 with the efforts of Kishen Dev Joshi. Jagdish Abrol and later
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It also neglected the influential minority of Kashmiri Pandits and Ladakhi Buddhists.
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In early 1949, the Praja Parishad started protesting against the policies of the
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in 1944 and established RSS there. Prem Nath Dogra was also the chairman (
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After the split-up of the Janata Party and the formation of the
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Index

Leader
Balraj Madhok
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Ideology
Hindutva
Indian nationalism
Anti-communism
Politics of India
Political parties
Elections
Jammu Division
Jammu and Kashmir
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Balraj Madhok
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
Article 370
Indian constitution
Bharatiya Janata Party
People's Democratic Party
Dogra
Prem Nath Dogra
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
Balraj Madhok
Kashmir Valley
partition plan
Maharaja
tribal raid
National Conference
Sheikh Abdullah
elections for the Jammu and Kashmir Constituent Assembly

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