Political History of India

OpIndia has accessed evidence to show that Sonia Gandhi's Italian family could have been involved in the Bofors scandal, with their names carefully hidden from the public eye

It was in early 2002 that allegations of misconduct against the Vadra family surfaced and Robert Vadra denounced his own family in public.

The Coimbatore bomb blast and how India's political dispensation, Congress and its allies specifically, shielded terrorists

China, for the fourth time, refused to back an international effort to list Jaish-e-Muhammad chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist. As cliched as it may sound, but we are once again forced to bear the fruits of Jawaharlal Nehru's monumental blunders.

While Congress and Left roll together in the bed for the 2019 General Elections, the love birds of today bear little resemblance to the two fighting crows of 1959.

I don’t know if Bengal has any such thing left as a sympathy vote. As a state, we have moved far beyond that point.

Huge numbers of Hindus had come to India from Bangladesh after independence due to religious persecution, and they need the protection of citizenship of amendment bill

Congress party's 2016 tweet labels some other girl as young India Gandhi with Ghaffar Khan

George Fernandes was a principled socialist leader who became active in Mumbai local politics in the 1960s

As tributes flow in, Congress seems to have forgotten how they treated George Fernandes during the Emergency, when he was alive

PM Modi inaugurates a museum at Red Fort, to mark the birth anniversary of Subash Chandra Bose.

Arun Shourie was one of the attendees at the United India rally organized by the Trinamool Congress at Kolkata. The event was also attended by Jignes Mevani, a Dalit 'leader'.

As BSP supremo Mayawati announces her party's alliance with the Samajwadi party at Lucknow today, it is time to remember the Meerabai Guest House incident

In this report, we shall elaborate on the extent to which the CBI was compromised during the regime of Congress and Indira Gandhi

This Shah Commission chapter discusses how four senior officials of the Government were harassed and humiliated by Congress and Indira Gandhi using the CBI as a tool

Many believe that Rajiv Gandhi helped Warren Anderson escape after the Bhopal Gas Tragedy in a quid pro quo deal for the release of his convicted childhood friend, Adil Shahryar

His role in extraordinary Maruti affair, in which Sonia Gandhi and kids were equal participants, opens us to a relatively unknown aspect of Sanjay Gandhi and the Congress as an unscrupulous Business enterprise

A plane was hijacked by Congress workers demanding the release of Indira Gandhi

Ranganath Misra, the uncle of former CJI Dipak Misra, went on to become a Rajya Sabha MP from the Congress party between 1998-2004, after his report on the 1984 Sikh genocide, exonerating Congress

Considering recent political developments and the rise in the political consciousness of Hindus which is reflected in Indian polity being remarkably vocal regarding Hindu concerns and interests, the achievement of Hindutva ideologues is truly unprecedented in history.

Pakistan's Air Force had attacked six Indian airfields on December 3.

There may well be more to the Bhopal Gas tragedy than meets the eye, but unfortunately, the truth about Adil Shahryar may be hidden forever

There exists an urban legend that the Nizam Mir Osman Ali of Hyderabad had donated 5000 kgs of gold to the Indian government to help in Indo-China war.

The manner in which Congress betrayed badminton star Syed Modi is seldom spoken about

Congress had opposed the Pokhran 2 nuclear tests, saying BJP benefited from it, not the country

Indira Gandhi legacy includes the crony capitalism during her regime

We have remained blind to the history of Rahul Gandhi family's corruption that we have almost accepted it as a way of Indian life and politics.

Jawaharlal Nehru, as well as his daughter Indira, were awarded the Bharat Ratna while still in office.

In essence, Jawaharlal Nehru was a Bharat Ratna because he went where no Indian kid has ever gone before. He was free from comparisons with the proverbial Sharmaji ka beta

Former PM Jawaharlal Nehru's birthday being celebrated as Children's Day has an interesting story around it