ABSTRACT
The new constitution was then introduced on 26 January 1950, the twentieth anniversary of the resolution of the National Congress which had first specified an independent republic as the aim of the freedom movement. The Congress was the main support of the new republic and it was more or less identified with that state. In the early years of independent India, the National Congress represented rural India as it had turned into a party of the peasants in the 1930s and had retained their allegiance ever since. After Nehru's death in May 1964 the Congress system seemed to be in serious danger. The year 1971 marked the peak of radical change in agriculture and this greatly contributed to Indira Gandhi's victory. The energy crisis which hit India very badly after 1973 affected the prospects of Indira Gandhi's government. Population growth fostered by the Green Revolution had its nemesis in the subdivision of agricultural land.
