Account for the legal and political factors responsible for the reduced frequency of using Article 356 by the Union Governments since mid-1990s.

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• S.R. Bommai v. Union of India

  S.R. Bommai is the main legal factor behind the fall in Article 356 use, since it made proclamations reviewable and required a floor test.

• Sarkaria Commission

  Sarkaria's call for sparing use of Article 356, later backed by the S.R. Bommai judgment, is the core of this answer.