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The Indira government abolished privy purses. Consider the following statements in this regard and choose the correct ones

1. After independence, the then royal families were allowed to retain certain private properties and were given a grant in heredity or government allowance and this grant was called Privy Purse.

2. Nehru was against this concept of privy purses

3. The privy purses were abolished through an ordinance and later it got passed in the Parliament in 1970.

1 only

1 and 2

1 and 3

All the above

Explanation:

Government tried to bring constitutional amendments but it was not passed in Rajya Sabha it then issued an ordinance which was struck down by Supreme Court of India .later it got passed in 1971 after Indira Gandhi getting re-elected and this issue gave her a lot of public support for this election.

By: Anupama Sharma

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