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India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy is a non-fiction book by Indian historian Ramachandra Guha. First published by HarperCollins in August 2007. [1] [2] The book covers the history of the India after it gained independence from the British in 1947. [1] A revised and expanded edition was published in 2017. [3]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, numerous rating agencies downgraded India's GDP predictions for FY21 to negative figures, [228] [229] signalling a recession in India, the most severe since 1979. [ 230 ] [ 231 ] The Indian Economy contracted by 6.6 percent which was lower than the estimated 7.3 percent decline. [ 232 ]
The Politics of India since Independence. Forbes, Geraldine (1996). Women in Modern India. p. 302. Bayly, Susan (1999). Caste, Society and Politics in India from the Eighteenth Century to the Modern Age. p. 426. Ludden, David (1999). An Agrarian History of South Asia. p. 261.
The political atmosphere in South India shifted from smaller kingdoms to large empires with the ascendancy of Badami Chalukyas. A Southern India-based kingdom took control and consolidated the entire region between the Kaveri and the Narmada Rivers. The rise of this empire saw the birth of efficient administration, overseas trade and commerce ...
The India Way: Strategies for an Uncertain World is a 2020 book by Indian politician and author S. Jaishankar who serves as the Minister of External Affairs of the Government of India. [1] This is his first book where he discusses India's geopolitical strategy since independence along with India's historical statecraft, the impact of ...
Constitution of India (PDF), 9 September 2020, archived from the original (PDF) on 29 September 2020: Location: Samvidhan Sadan, New Delhi, India: Signatories: 284 members of the Constituent Assembly: Supersedes: Government of India Act 1935 Indian Independence Act 1947
This is encapsulated by the two books co-written with Bipan Chandra et al: India's Struggle for Independence and India after independence: 1947-2000. In the former book, the authors sought to "demolish the influence of the Cambridge and Subaltern 'schools' reflected in the writing on colonialism and nationalism in India". [11]
Political subdivisions of the Indian Empire in 1909 with British India (pink) and the princely states (yellow) Before it gained independence in 1947, India (also called the Indian Empire) was divided into two sets of territories, one under direct British rule (British India), and the other consisting of princely states under the suzerainty of the British Crown, with control over their internal ...