Question

Comparative politics in India

Answer 1

Explanation:

For most of the first four decades after its independence in 1947, India was led by the Congress Party, which descended from the independence movement once led by Mohandas K. (Mahatma) Gandhi and was committed to a vision of a modern, industrialized, secular state. The party that led India into the twenty-first century, however, was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP, or the Indian People's Party), which descended from political and social organizations committed to redefining Indian national identity in terms of Hinduttva (Hindu culture and civilization). Under the leadership of the BJP, India held a series of underground nuclear tests in 1998 and proclaimed itself a member of the nuclear club, setting off joyous celebrations throughout the country and prompting rival Pakistan to launch its own nuclear tests.