India Since Independence by Bipan Chandra NotesBy GradsApp / 4 September 2024 Course Content India’s Journey of Nation-Building and Democratic Evolution 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 of Independent India Consolidation of India as a Nation The Linguistic Reorganization of the States Consolidation of India as a Nation: Integration of the Tribals Consolidation of India as a Nation (IV): Regionalism and Regional Inequality Sample Lesson 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 Politics in the States (I): Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, and Assam Politics in the States: 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 the Legacy of the National and Peasant Movements Land Reforms: Zamindari Abolition and Tenancy Reforms Land Reforms (III): Ceiling and the Bhoodan Movement Cooperatives and an Overview of Land Reforms Agricultural Growth and the Green Revolution Agrarian 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 Post-Colonial 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