In the given political outline map of India (on page 15), four States have been marked as and . Identify these States on the basis of the information given below and write their correct names in your answer-book along with the respective serial number of the information used and the concerned alphabets given in the map as per the following format :
Question: 1
The State from where Indira Gandhi got elected in the 1971 elections.
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Indira Gandhi contested and won the 1971 Lok Sabha election from the Rae Bareli constituency in Uttar Pradesh , represented on the map by the letter D .
Concept:
The Fifth Lok Sabha General Elections held in 1971 were a pivotal moment in Indian political history, where Prime Minister Indira Gandhi won a decisive mandate with her famous campaign slogan *"Garibi Hatao"* (Remove Poverty).
Step 1: Identify the political constituency and state.
In the 1971 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi contested and won her parliamentary seat from the Rae Bareli constituency located in Uttar Pradesh (defeating her socialist rival Raj Narain, which later led to the landmark legal challenge in the Allahabad High Court).
Step 2: Map Location Identification.
On the provided political outline map of India, the large northern state marked with the letter D is Uttar Pradesh .
Step 3: Matching Table Entry.
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Question: 2
The State to which Chief Minister C. Natrajan Annadurai belonged.
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C. N. Annadurai was the founder of the DMK and served as the first Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (formerly Madras State), represented on the map by the letter C .
Concept:
The political rise of regional parties in Southern India reached a historical milestone in 1967 when a regional party formed a government on its own strength for the first time in an Indian state.
Step 1: Identify the political leader and state.
C. Natarajan Annadurai (popularly known as *Anna*) was a legendary Dravidian leader, writer, and founder of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) . Following the DMK's historic victory in the 1967 Assembly elections, he became the Chief Minister of Madras State (which was officially renamed Tamil Nadu during his tenure in 1969).
Step 2: Map Location Identification.
On the provided political outline map of India, the southernmost coastal state marked with the letter C is Tamil Nadu .
Step 3: Matching Table Entry.
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Question: 3
The State with which the phrase ‘Aya Ram, Gaya Ram’ is related.
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The popular political phrase ‘Aya Ram, Gaya Ram’ coined to describe frequent party defections originated in Haryana , represented on the map by the letter A .
Concept:
The political phenomenon of frequent floor-crossing, political defection, and party-switching by elected legislators to destabilize governments became infamous in Indian politics following the 1967 elections.
Step 1: Origin of the political phrase.
The legendary phrase "Aya Ram, Gaya Ram" originated in Haryana in 1967, when an MLA named Gaya Lal changed his party alignment three times in a single day (moving from the Congress to the United Front and back to Congress within hours). The leader Rao Birendra Singh famously announced to the press that *"Gaya Ram was now Aya Ram,"* coining a term that became synonymous with political defection in India.
Step 2: Map Location Identification.
On the provided political outline map of India, the northern state surrounding the National Capital Territory of Delhi (marked with the letter A ) is Haryana .
Step 3: Matching Table Entry.
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Question: 4
The State where Karpoori Thakur was the Chief Minister.
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Socialist leader *Jannayak* Karpoori Thakur served as the Chief Minister of Bihar , represented on the map by the letter B .
Concept:
Socialist leaders in post-independence India championed social justice, backward-class empowerment, and affirmative action policies in state governance.
Step 1: Identify the political leader and tenure.
Karpoori Thakur (revered as *Jannayak*) was a prominent socialist leader who served two terms as the Chief Minister of Bihar (in 1970–71 heading the Samyukta Vidhayak Dal and in 1977–79 heading the Janata Party government). He is pioneer for implementing radical job reservations for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) through the landmark Mungeri Lal Commission report in Bihar.
Step 2: Map Location Identification.
On the provided political outline map of India, the eastern state bordering Nepal marked with the letter B is Bihar .
Step 3: Matching Table Entry.
