India Since Independence: Revised and Updated/
by Bipan Chandra,Mridula Mukharjee and Aditya Mukhaejee
- USA: Penguin Books, 2008.
- xiii,772p.
1. Introduction -- 2. The Colonial legacy -- 3. The national movement and its legacy -- 4. The evolution of the constitution and main provisions -- 5. The architecture of the constitution: basic features and institutions -- 6. The initial years -- 7. Consolidation of India as a nation (I) -- 8. Consolidation of India as a nation (II): the linguistic reorganization of the states -- 9. Consolidation of India as a nation (III): integration of the tribals -- 10. Consolidation of India as a nation (IV): regionalism and regional inequality -- 11. The years of hope and achievement, 1951-1964 -- 12. Foreign policy: the Nehru era -- 13. Jawaharlal Nehru in historical perspective -- 14. Political parties, 1947-1964: the Congress -- 15. Political parties, 1947-1965: the opposition -- 16. From Shastri to Indira Gandhi, 1964-1969 -- 17. The Indira Gandhi years, 1969-1973 -- 18. The JP movement and the emergency: Indian democracy tested -- 19. The Janata interregnum and Indira Gandhi's second coming, 1977-1984 -- 20. The Rajiv years -- 21. Run-up to the new millennium and after -- 22. Politics in the states (I): Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Assam -- 23. Politics in the states (II): West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir -- 24. The Punjab crisis -- 25. Indian economy, 1947-1965: the Nehruvian legacy -- 26. Indian economy, 1965-1991 -- 27. Economic reforms since 1991 -- 28. The Indian economy in the new millennium -- 29. Land reforms (I): Colonial impact and legacy of the national and peasant movements -- 30. Land reforms (II): Zamindari abolition and tenancy reforms -- 31. Land reforms (III): ceiling and the Bhoodan movement -- 32. Cooperatives and an overview of land reforms -- 33. Agriculture growth and the Green Revolution -- 34. Agratian struggles since independence -- 35. Revival and growth of communalism -- 36. Communalism and the use of state power -- 37. Caste, untouchability, anti-caste politics and strategies -- 38. Indian women since independence -- 39. The postcolonial Indian state and the political economy of development: an overview -- 40. Disarray in institutions of governance -- 41. The dawn of the new millennium: achievements, problems and prospects.