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title: "India Holds First General Elections"
year: 1951
country: "India"
canonical: "https://recap.at/1951/india-first-elections"
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recapType: "global_event"
startDate: "1951-01-01"
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# India Holds First General Elections

> India's first universal adult suffrage elections demonstrated democracy's viability in a newly independent, multi-lingual, post-colonial nation of 350 million people.

## Summary

India Holton is the pen name of a New Zealand writer known for the fantasy romance and romcom book series Dangerous Damsels and Love's Academic.

## Sources

- [India Holton](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_Holton) - Wikipedia

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