Indian political party election symbols from 1951: When Congress had bullocks and the hand was Forward Bloc's

Before the elections to India's first Lok Sabha, back in 1951, the Election Commission of India (as it still does) released a list of approved elections symbols for different political parties.These 14 political party election symbols symbols are indicative of how much Indian politics has changed over the last six decades. The hand symbol that is now almost synonymous with the Indian National Congress was then assigned to the Forward Bloc (Ruikar Group) and Congress' election symbol was yoked oxen. CPI is the only national party whose symbol remains unchanged.####