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Wednesday, 5 March 2014

President rule in Punjab

20 Jun 1951
17 Apr 1952
Pandit Nehru kept the Punjab Assembly in suspension for nine months and 28 days to help the state Congress government get its act together.
5 Jul 1966
1 Nov 1966
State administration was taken over, ostensibly to facilitate bifurcation of Punjab state into two, Punjab and Haryana
23 Aug 1968
17 Feb 1969
Break-up of coalition
14 Jun 1971
17 Mar 1972
Following poor performance in March, 1971 Lok Sabha Elections, incumbent Chief Minister advised dissolving state assembly and holding fresh elections to state legislature.
30 Apr 1977
20 Jun 1977
Government dismissed in spite of Giani Zail Singh enjoying majority support in Assembly
17 Feb 1980
6 Jun 1980
Government dismissed in spite of Parkash Singh Badal enjoying majority support in Assembly
10 Oct 1983
29 Sep 1985
Insurgency and breakdown of law and order
11 Jun 1987
25 Feb 1992
Insurgency and breakdown of law and order

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