Arrange the following events in chronological order:
A. National Front government’s decision to implement a key recommendation of the Mandal Commission.
B. Formation of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
C. Indira Sawhney case
D. Formation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → D, B, A, C
(D) Formation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — 1980.
(B) Formation of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) — 1984, under Kanshi Ram.
(A) National Front government’s decision to implement a key recommendation of the Mandal Commission. — August 1990.
(C) Indira Sawhney case — November 1992, when the Supreme Court upheld the decision.
NCERT (2025-26): “Communalism, Secularism, Democracy … We noted in Chapter Six that in the aftermath of the Emergency, the Bharatiya Jana Sangh had merged with the Janata Party. After the fall of the Janata Party and its break-up, the supporters of erstwhile Jana Sangh formed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 1980. Initially, the BJP adopted a broader political platform than that of the Jana Sangh. BJP embraced ‘Gandhian’ Socialism’ along with cultural nationalism as its ideology. But it did not get much success in the elections held in 1984. After 1986, the party began to emphasise nationalism as the core of its ideology. The BJP also pursued the politics of ‘Hindutva’ for political mobilisation.… The Mandal Commission … In August 1990, the National Front government decided to implement one of the recommendations of Mandal Commission pertaining to reservations for OBCs in jobs in the central government and its undertakings. This decision sparked agitations and violent protests in many cities of north India. The decision was also challenged in the Supreme Court and came to be known as the ‘Indira Sawhney case’, after the name of one of the petitioners. In November 1992, the Supreme Court gave a ruling upholding the decision of the government.…”
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