Consider the following events : 1. The first democratically elected

Consider the following events :

  • 1. The first democratically elected communist party government formed in a State in India.
  • 2. India’s then largest bank, ‘Imperial Bank of India’, was renamed ‘State Bank of India’.
  • 3. Air India was nationalised and became the national carrier.
  • 4. Goa became a part of independent India.

Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of the above events ?

4-1-2-3
3-2-1-4
4-2-1-3
3-1-2-4
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UPSC IAS – 2018
The events in chronological order are: Air India was nationalised (1953), Imperial Bank of India was renamed State Bank of India (1955), the first democratically elected communist government was formed in Kerala (1957), and Goa became part of independent India (1961). This sequence corresponds to option B (3-2-1-4).
Key dates for these events are: Air India nationalisation – 1953; SBI formation – 1955; First communist government in Kerala (EMS Namboodiripad) – 1957; Goa Liberation (Operation Vijay) – 1961.
Air India was nationalised through the Air Corporations Act, 1953. The State Bank of India was formed by nationalizing the Imperial Bank of India under the State Bank of India Act, 1955. The Communist Party of India won the assembly elections in Kerala in 1957, forming the first non-Congress government and the first democratically elected communist government in an Indian state. Goa, a Portuguese colony, was integrated into India through military action in 1961.
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