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| 1952, March 1 | |
| Final results of the first national elections gave Prime Minister Nehru's Congress Party 364 of 489 seats in the National Assembly. Pro-Soviet parties won only 28 seats but showed surprising strength in the local assemblies. | 1 |
| May 13 | |
| Formal installation of Rajendra Prasad as the first president elected under the republican constitution. | 2 |
| Aug. 7 | |
| Parliament approved legislation to give Jammu and Kashmir greater autonomy than other Indian states. | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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