Book description
India Since Independence: Making Sense of Indian Politics is a comprehensive account of India's post-independence political history. It traces the development of the various political parties in India and places the current political scenario in a historical context. Beginning with a brief review of the intellectual tradition in India in the nineteenth century, it discusses the emergence of Mahatma Gandhi on the national political scene and the role of Indian capitalists in the freedom struggle. With a description of the predominance of the Congress party in the political discourse during the first few decades after independence, the narrative delves deep into the affairs of the party to include the rise of Indira Gandhi, the Congress split of 1969, and the infamous Emergency of 1975. The book then proceeds to the factors that caused the decline of the Congress party, and the formation and the demise of the Janata Party. It also covers political crises manifesting in the unrest in Assam, Punjab, and Jammu and Kashmir; the emergence of regional political parties in various states; the Bofors scandal; and the Ayodhya campaign.Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Dedication
- Prologue
- Epilogue
- 1. Nineteenth Century Intellectuals and the Emergence of Nationalist Thought
- 2. The Emergence of Gandhi and the Nationalist Struggle
- 3. Indian Capitalists and the Freedom Struggle
- 4. Independence and the Emergence of Nehru
- 5. The Era of Nehruvian Socialism
- 6. The End of the Nehru Era, the Shastri Interlude and the Emergence of Indira
- 7. The Decline of the Congress and Indira’s Rise
- 8. The Congress Party’s Shift to the Command Mode
- 9. Indira Under Siege and JP Arrives on the Scene
- 10. The Emergency
- 11. The Janata Party
- 12. The Turbulent Years: 1980–84
- 13. The Rajiv Gandhi Era
- 14. The V. P. Singh Era
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgements
- Copyright
Product information
- Title: India Since Independence
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2009
- Publisher(s): Pearson India
- ISBN: 9788131772683
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