India since Independence / by Bipan Chandra, Mridula Mukherjee and Aditya Mukherjee

Includes notes, bibliography and index.

The colonial legacy -- The national movement and its legacy -- The evolution of the constitution and main provision -- 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 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 -- 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 Panjab Crisis -- Indian economy, 1947-1965 : the Nehruvian legacy -- Indian economy, 1965-1991 -- Economic reforms since 1991 -- The 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) : celling and the Bhoodan movements -- Cooperatives and an overview of land reforms -- 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