India Since Independance

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Haryana; Penguin Books; 2008Description: xv, 759pISBN:

9780143104094

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954.04 CHA

Summary: The story of the forging of India, the world's largest democracy, is a rich andinspiring one. This volume, a sequel to the best-selling India's Struggle forIndependence, analyses the challenges India has faced and the successes ithas achieved in the light of its colonial legacy and century-long struggle forfreedom. It covers the framing of the Constitution and the evolution of theNehruvian political and economic agenda and basics of foreign policy; theconsolidation of the nation and contentious issues like party politics in theCentre and the states, the Punjab problem and anti-caste politics anduntouchability. 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.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Text Book	Chanakya University Knowledge Centre	Chanakya University Knowledge Centre	954.04 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		CU10072

The story of the forging of India, the world's largest democracy, is a rich andinspiring one. This volume, a sequel to the best-selling India's Struggle forIndependence, analyses the challenges India has faced and the successes ithas achieved in the light of its colonial legacy and century-long struggle forfreedom. It covers the framing of the Constitution and the evolution of theNehruvian political and economic agenda and basics of foreign policy; theconsolidation of the nation and contentious issues like party politics in theCentre and the states, the Punjab problem and anti-caste politics anduntouchability. 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.

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