Rafi Ahmed Kidwai held the position of Minister for Communications in Independent India's first ministry. Kidwai served as the Food and Agriculture Minister from 1952 until his untimely demise due to a heart attack in 1954.
Deen Dayal Upadhyaya joined The Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh (RSS) in 1937, became a pracharak, & served as a full-time RSS worker since 1942. He was one of the founding members & the General Secretary of the Bharatiya Jan Sangh (1951- 67). He introduced the concept of ‘Integral Humanism’ which followed the tradition of 'Advaita Vedanta’ (introduced by Adi Shankara).
Shyama Prasad Mukherjee emerged as a leader of Hindu Mahasabha, advocating for the interests of the Hindu community. With the support of the RSS, he founded the 'Bharatiya Jana Sangh', which eventually evolved into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Towards the end of the 1990s, the Election Commission started using Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) to record the preferences of the voters. In 1998 EVMs were used in the constituencies of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Delhi (elections of the Legislative Assembly). In 2004 EVMs were used in the elections of 543 Parliamentary constituencies. Since then, the same trend is followed.
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