Bharatiya Kranti Dal | |
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Founder | Charan Singh |
Founded | October 1967 |
Succeeded by | Bharatiya Lok Dal |
Political position | Right-wing [1] |
Colours | Green |
Election symbol | |
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Bharatiya Kranti Dal (lit. 'Indian Revolution Party') was a political party in India, founded by Chaudhary Charan Singh, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. The party was founded at a meeting in Lucknow in October 1967. [2] After the 1977 general election, the successor party of the BKD, Bharatiya Lok Dal was merged into the Janata Party. [3]
The seeds for the formation of BKD were sown on 9 April 1967, when Humayun Kabir organised a meeting of all non-Congress Chief Ministers of India and other important leaders in Delhi. [4] : 37 At Indore session of BKD in November 1967, Mahamaya Prasad Sinha was elected as first chairman of the party. [4] : 83
Name | State | Term Start | Term End |
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Charan Singh | Uttar Pradesh | 3 April 1967 | 25 February 1968 |
Charan Singh | Uttar Pradesh | 18 February 1970 | 1 October 1970 |
The Bharatiya Kranti Dal(BKD) and the Akali Dal, two other right-wing parties...