# Canonical recap data for India Holds First General Elections (1951)
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slug: india-first-elections
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1951/india-first-elections"
title: India Holds First General Elections
subtitle: India's first universal adult suffrage elections demonstrated democracy's viability in a newly independent, multi-lingual, post-colonial nation of 350 million people.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1951-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1951
decade: 1950
country:
name: India
slug: india
summaryShort: 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.
summaryLong: 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.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/India_House_today.jpg/1280px-India_House_today.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "India House"
importance: 85
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_Holton"
  title: India Holton
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- election
metaDescription: 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.
wikidataQid: Q124637033
