The pre-Independence era was not really dynastic even though freedom fighters included, very often, complete clans, brothers and even tribes. But in post-Independence India, arguably, the first political dynasty was started when former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s daughter Indira Gandhi was appointed Congress president. In the rest of India there were regional satraps who were independent leaders, not dynasts. Whether we consider…

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