INDEX
CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 2 : THE COLONIAL LEGACY
CHAPTER 3 : THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT AND ITS LEGACY
CHAPTER 4 : THE EVOLUTION OF THE CONSTITUTION AND MAIN PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 5 : THE ARCHITECTURE OF THE CONSTITUTION : BASIC FEATURES AND INSTITUTIONS
CHAPTER 6 : THE INITIAL YEARS
CHAPTER 7 : CONSOLIDATION OF INDIA AS A NATION(I)
CHAPTER 8 : CONSOLIDATION OF INDIA AS A NATION (II) : THE LINGUISTIC REORGANISATION OF THE STATES
CHAPTER 9 : CONSOLIDATION OF INDIA AS A NATION (III): INTEGRATION OF THE TRIBALS
CHAPTER 10 : CONSOLIDATION OF INDIA AS A NATION(IV) : REGIONALISM AND REGIONAL INEQUALITY
CHAPTER 11 : THE YEARS OF HOPE AND ACHIEVEMENT, 1951–1964
CHAPTER 12 : FOREIGN POLICY : THE NEHRU ERA
CHAPTER 13 : JAWAHARLAL NEHRU IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
CHAPTER 14 : POLITICAL PARTIES, 1947–1964: THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 15 : POLITICAL PARTIES,1947–1965: THE OPPOSITION
CHAPTER 16 : FROM SHASTRI TO INDIRA GANDHI,1964–1969
CHAPTER 17 : THE INDIRA YEARS, 1969–1973
CHAPTER 18 : THE JP MOVEMENT AND THE EMERGENCY : INDIAN DEMOCRACY TESTED
CHAPTER 19 : THE JANATA INTERREGNUM AND INDIRA GANDHI’S SECOND COMING, 1977–1984
CHAPTER 20 : THE RAJIV YEARS
CHAPTER 21 : RUN-UP TO THE NEW MILLENNIUM AND AFTER
CHAPTER 22: POLITICS IN THE STATES (I): TAMIL NADU, ANDHRA PRADESH AND ASSAM
CHAPTER 23 : POLITICS IN THE STATES (II): WEST BENGAL AND JAMMU AND KASHMIR
CHAPTER 24 : THE PUNJAB CRISIS
CHAPTER 25 : INDIAN ECONOMY, 1947–1965: THE NEHRUVIAN LEGACY
CHAPTER 26 : INDIAN ECONOMY, 1965–1991
CHAPTER 27 : ECONOMIC REFORMS SINCE 1991
CHAPTER 28 : THE INDIAN ECONOMY IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
CHAPTER 29 : LAND REFORMS (I): COLONIAL IMPACT AND THE LEGACY OF THE NATIONAL AND PEASANT MOVEMENTS
CHAPTER 30 : LAND REFORMS(II): ZAMINDARI ABOLITION AND TENANCY REFORMS
CHAPTER 31 : LAND REFORMS (III): CEILING AND THE BHOODAN MOVEMENT
CHAPTER 32 : COOPERATIVES AND AN OVERVIEW OF LAND REFORMS
CHAPTER 33 :AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AND THE GREEN REVOLUTION
CHAPTER 34 : AGRARIAN STRUGGLES SINCE INDEPENDENCE
CHAPTER 35 : REVIVAL AND GROWTH OF COMMUNALISM
CHAPTER 36: COMMUNALISM AND THE USE OF THE STATE POWER
CHAPTER 37 : CASTE, UNTOUCHABILITY, ANTI-CASTE POLITICS AND STRATEGIES
CHAPTER 38: INDIAN WOMEN SINCE INDEPENDENCE
CHAPTER 39 : POST-COLONIAL INDIAN STATE AND THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DEVELOPMENT: AN OVERVIEW
CHAPTER 40 : DISARRAY IN INSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNANCE
CHAPTER 41 : DAWN OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM: ACHIEVEMENTS, PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS
