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Ram Rajya Parishad (Rām Rājya Pariṣad), Sanskrit, Forum of Rama's Kingdom, was a traditionalist Hindu party in India. It was founded by Swami Karpatri (1905-1980) in 1948. The Ram Rajya Parishad won three Lok Sabha seats in the 1952 elections and two in the 1962 elections.[1] In 1952, 1957 and 1962, it won several dozens of Vidhan Sabha seats all in the Hindi belt, mostly in Rajasthan.[2] The party then turned inactive and was one of the many parties to merge together to form the Bharatiya Jana Sangh [3] Sanskrit ( संस्कृतम् ; pronunciation: ) is an Indo-European classical language of India and a liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... 1952 (MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar). ... Vidhan Sabha, the name of the state-level legislature assemblies in India. ... The Hindi belt is a common reference to the North Indian region were Hindi is spoken, i. ... Rajasthan (Hindi: राजस्थान) is the largest state of the Republic of India in terms of area. ... Bharatiya Jana Sangh is the old name of Bharatiya Janata Party of India. ...


Notes

  1. ^ Biographical sketches of Third Lok Sabha. National Informatics Centre, Government of India. Retrieved on 2006-08-14.
  2. ^ Elst, Koenraad (2005). Decolonizing the Hindu mind. India: Rupa. ISBN 81291907465, 191-192.
  3. ^ Chad E. Bell. Party politics in India, 1963-2000. Retrieved on 2006-08-14.

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References

  • Baxter, Craig (1971). The Jana Sangha. A Biography of an Indian Political Party. Delhi, India: Oxford University Press.
  • Elst, Koenraad (2005). Decolonizing the Hindu mind. India: Rupa. ISBN 81291907465.

 

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