Orissa Jana Congress a political party

Political party

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 in the India

India

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n state of Orissa

Orissa

Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...

. Jana Congress was formed in 1966 when Harekrushna Mahatab (former Orissa Chief Minister) left Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

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. After the 1967 elections Jana Congress took part in a coalition government in the state together with Swatantra Party

Swatantra Party

The Swatantra Party was a classical liberal political party in India founded by Chakravarti Rajagopalachari and N. G. Ranga in August 1959. The party opposed the Nehruvian socialist outlook of the Congress Party by advocating free enterprise and free trade, and opposing the licence-permit Raj...

. That government lasted 1967-1969. In the 1971 and 1974 state elections Jana Congress fared badly, and could only win a single seat. In 1977 Jana Congress merged into Janata Party

Janata Party

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