Political Science · Political Processes in India
UGC NET Jun 2015 Political Science
For the first time, the Communist Party of India came into power in the State of
AWest Bengal
BTripura
CKerala ✓ Correct
DGoa
Correct answer: (C) Kerala — The Communist Party of India first came to power in the state of Kerala.
Explanation
★The Communist Party of India first came to power in the state of Kerala.
★In 1957 a Communist government led by E.M.S. Namboodiripad won office in Kerala.
★This was one of the first times anywhere that Communists came to power through free elections.
★The government undertook land reform and education measures before being dismissed in 1959.
★West Bengal and Tripura saw later, long-running Left governments, but Kerala came first.
★A first to remember: the 1957 Kerala ministry under E.M.S. Namboodiripad as the first Communist government.
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