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www.GOALias.blogspot.com86 Politics in India since IndependenceCredit: Raghu RaiIt must havebeen difficult forworld dominated by men.Why don’t we have morewomen in positionslike that?Fourth General Elections, 1967The year 1967 is considered a landmark year in India’s political andelectoral history. In Chapter Two you read about how the Congressparty was the dominant political force throughout the country from1952 onwards. This trend was to undergo significant changes withthe 1967 elections.Context of the electionsIn the years leading up to the fourth general elections, the countrywitnessed major changes. Two Prime Ministers had died in quicksuccession, and the new Prime Minister, who was being seen as apolitical novice, had been in office for less than a year. You will recallfrom the discussion in Chapter Three and in the previous section ofthis chapter that the period was fraught with grave economic crisisresulting from successive failure of monsoons, widespread drought,