India Since IndependenceA Thorough And Incisive Introduction To Contemporary India The Story Of The Forging Of India, The World'S Largest Democracy, Is A Rich And Inspiring One. This Volume, A Sequel To The Best-Selling India'S Struggle For Independence, Analyses The Challenges India Has Faced And The Successes It Has Achieved, In The Light Of Its Colonial Legacy And Century-Long Struggle For Freedom. The Book Describes How The Constitution Was Framed, As Also How The Nehruvian Political And Economic Agenda And Basics Of Foreign Policy Were Evolved And Developed. It Dwells On The Consolidation Of The Nation, Examining Contentious Issues Like Party Politics In The Centre And The States, The Punjab Problem, And Anti-Caste Politics And Untouchability. This Revised Edition Offers A Scathing Analysis Of The Growth Of Communalism In India And The Use Of State Power In Furthering Its Cause. It Also Documents The Fall Of The National Democratic Alliance In The 2004 General Elections, The United Progressive Alliance'S Subsequent Rise To Power And The Indo-Us Nuclear Deal That Served To Unravel The Political Consensus At The Centre. Apart From Detailed Analyses Of Indian Economic Reforms Since 1991 And Wide-Ranging Land Reforms And The Green Revolution, This New Edition Includes An Overview Of The Indian Economy In The New Millennium. These, Along With Objective Assessments Of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, Jayaprakash Narayan, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Rajiv Gandhi, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Atal Bihari Vajpayee And Manmohan Singh, Constitute A Remarkable Overview Of A Nation On The Move. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Colonial Legacy | 11 |
The National Movement and its Legacy | 24 |
The Evolution of the Constitution and | 38 |
Basic Features | 61 |
The Initial Years | 86 |
Consolidation of India as a Nation I | 106 |
The | 125 |
Andhra Pradesh Assam | 392 |
West Bengal and | 407 |
The Punjab Crisis | 423 |
The Nehruvian Legacy | 442 |
Indian Economy 19651991 | 457 |
Economic Reforms Since 1991 | 475 |
The Indian Economy in the New Millennium | 486 |
Colonial Impact and Legacy | 508 |
Integration | 135 |
Regionalism | 151 |
The Years of Hope and Achievement 19511964 | 167 |
The Nehru Era | 189 |
Jawaharlal Nehru in Historical Perspective | 219 |
The Congress | 235 |
The Opposition | 252 |
From Shastri to Indira Gandhi 19641969 | 275 |
The Indira Gandhi Years 19691973 | 294 |
Indian | 311 |
The Janata Interregnum and Indira Gandhis | 331 |
The Rajiv Years | 346 |
Runup to the New Millennium and After | 361 |
Tamil Nadu | 391 |
Zamindari Abolition and | 523 |
Ceiling and the Bhoodan | 537 |
Cooperatives and an Overview of Land Reforms | 550 |
Agriculture Growth and the Green Revolution | 571 |
Agrarian Struggles Since Independence | 584 |
Revival and Growth of Communalism | 599 |
Communalism and the Use of State Power | 613 |
Caste Untouchability Anticaste Politics | 631 |
The Postcolonial Indian State and the Political | 655 |
Achievements | 687 |
Notes | 711 |
Select Bibliography | 735 |
A Note on Style | 757 |
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