VII. The Contemporary Period, 1945–2000 > F. South and Southeast Asia, 1945–2000 > 1. South Asia, 1945–2000 > c. The Republic of India > 1989, Nov. 22–26
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1989, Nov. 22–26
 
Rajiv Gandhi called an election several weeks ahead of schedule. Congress (I) won only 193 seats; the BJP won control of four states, including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the Bhojpuri heartland (a linguistic cultural area in the eastern Gangetic Plain), center for Hindu fundamentalist political agitations.  1
 
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V. P. Singh was elected leader of the Janata Dal Parliamentary Party and became prime minister. Devi Lal, the populist chief minister of Haryana and a powerful rural leader, was named deputy prime minister. (But by July of following year, competition between V. P. Singh and Devi Lal led to the dismissal of Devi Lal.)  2
 
 
 
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