What was King Mahendra's biggest political move?
Establishing the partyless Panchayat system
Signing a peace agreement
Declaring war
Forming a coalition government
Answer
Establishing the partyless Panchayat system was King Mahendra's biggest political move. In 1962, Mahendra dissolved the elected government and established the partyless Panchayat system, a system of indirect elections in which the people elected representatives to local bodies, who in turn elected representatives to higher bodies, culminating in a National Panchayat elected by the village and district representatives.
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