Research Catalog

Title

India since independence / Bipan Chandra, Mridula Mukherjee, Aditya Mukherjee.

Author

Chandra, Bipan

Publication

New Delhi : Penguin Books, 2008.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Mukherjee, Aditya
• Mukherjee, Mridula

Description

xvi, 771 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

"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." -- Back cover.

Subjects

• Since 1947
• History
• India > History > 1947-

Genre/Form

• History
• History.

Note

• "First published as India after independence, 1947-2000 in Viking by Penguin Books India, 1999"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [735]-755) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• Introduction -- The Colonial legacy -- The national movement and its legacy -- The evolution of the constitution and main provisions -- The architecture of the constitution: basic features and institutions -- The initial years -- Consolidation of India as a nation (I) -- Consolidation of India as a nation (II): the linguistic reorganization of the states -- Consolidation of India as a nation (III): integration of the tribals -- Consolidation of India as a nation (IV): regionalism and regional inequality -- The years of hope and achievement, 1951-1964 -- Foreign policy: the Nehru era -- Jawaharlal Nehru in historical perspective -- Political parties, 1947-1964: the Congress -- Political parties, 1947-1965: the opposition -- From Shastri to Indira Gandhi, 1964-1969 -- The Indira Gandhi years, 1969-1973 -- The JP movement and the emergency: Indian democracy tested -- The Janata interregnum and Indira Gandhi's second coming, 1977-1984 -- The Rajiv years --^
• Run-up to the new millennium and after -- Politics in the states (I): Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Assam -- Politics in the states (II): West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir -- The Punjab crisis -- Indian economy, 1947-1965: the Nehruvian legacy -- Indian economy, 1965-1991 -- Economic reforms since 1991 -- The Indian economy in the new millennium -- Land reforms (I): Colonial impact and legacy of the national and peasant movements -- Land reforms (II): Zamindari abolition and tenancy reforms -- Land reforms (III): ceiling and the Bhoodan movement -- Cooperatives and an overview of land reforms -- Agriculture growth and the Green Revolution -- Agratian struggles since independence -- Revival and growth of communalism -- Communalism and the use of state power -- Caste, untouchability, anti-caste politics and strategies -- Indian women since independence -- The postcolonial Indian state and the political economy of development: an overview -- Disarray in institutions of governance --^
• The dawn of the new millennium: achievements, problems and prospects.

ISBN

• 9780143104094
• 0143104098

LCCN

^^2008348334

OCLC

• 227206181
• SCSB-12328761

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library