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India · 1955Avadi's 'socialistic pattern' at home, Bandung non-alignment abroad

In January 1955 the Congress adopted the 'socialistic pattern of society' at Avadi, anticipating the public-sector emphasis of the Second Five Year Plan. New citizenship, Hindu-marriage and anti-untouchability laws consolidated the Republic, while Bandung and closer ties with the USSR strengthened India's non-aligned foreign policy.

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Key figures

Jawaharlal Nehru — Prime Minister; represented India at Bandung, visited the USSR and received the Bharat Ratna in 1955.Rajendra Prasad — President of India.Fazl Ali — Chairman of the States Reorganisation Commission, whose 1955 report shaped linguistic reorganisation.P.C. Mahalanobis — statistician; associated with the heavy-industry strategy of the Second Five Year Plan.Satyajit Ray — director whose debut Pather Panchali became a landmark of Indian cinema.M. Visvesvaraya — engineer-statesman, conferred the Bharat Ratna in 1955.

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