TY - BOOK AU - Chandra, Bipan AU - Mukherjee, Aditya AU - Mukherjee, Mridula TI - India since independence SN - 97800143104094 U1 - 954.035 PY - 2008/// CY - New Delhi : PB - Penguin Books, KW - India -- History -- 1947- KW - Nationalism KW - India - Freedom struggle KW - India -- Politics and government KW - Autonomy and independence movements N1 - 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 N2 - 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 ER -