| Nav Nirman Movement | ||||
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| Date | 20 December 1973 - 16 March 1974 | |||
| Location | Gujarat, India | |||
| Caused by | Economic crisis and corruption in public life | |||
| Goals | Resignation of Chief Minister, dissolution of state legislative assembly, social reconstruction | |||
| Methods | Protest march, street protest, riot, hunger strike, strike | |||
| Resulted in | Legislative assembly dissolved and fresh elections | |||
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| Death(s) | 108[1] | |||
| Injuries | 310[1] | |||
| Arrested | 8237[1] | |||
Navnirman Andolan (lit. 'the movement for constructive reforms')[1] was a socio-political movement in 1974 in Gujarat by students and middle-class people against economic crisis and corruption in public life. The movement focused on different issues during its duration. It had broadly three goals: the resignation of the Chief Minister; the dissolution of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly; and the social reconstruction.[1] It was one of the successful agitations in the history of post-independence India that resulted in the dissolution of an elected government of the state.[2][3][4]
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- ^ Ananth, V. Krishna (2011). India Since Independence: Making Sense of Indian Politics. Pearson Education India. p. 117. ISBN 978-81-317-3465-0.
- ^ Dhar, P. N. (2000). Excerpted from 'Indira Gandhi, the "emergency", and Indian democracy' published in Business Standard. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195648997. Retrieved 23 November 2012.
- ^ Shah, Ghanshyam (20 December 2007). "Pulse of the people". India Today. Retrieved 22 November 2012.