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  2. India After Gandhi - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. History of India (1947–present) - Wikipedia

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    In pre-independence India, the main parties were the Congress and the Muslim league. There were also many other parties such as the Hindu mahasabha, Justice party, the Akali dal, the Communist party etc. during this period with limited or regional appeal. With the eclipse of the Muslim league due to partition, the Congress party was able to ...

  4. India Unbound - Wikipedia

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    India Unbound: From Independence to Global Information Age is a 2000 non-fiction book by Gurcharan Das. [1] It is an account of India's economic journey after its Independence in 1947. Overview

  5. Postage stamps and postal history of India - Wikipedia

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    The Half Anna Lithographed Stamps of India. Published for the Philatelic Society of India, Lahore, 1928. Mazumdar, Mohini Lal (1995) Early History and Growth of Postal System in India. Calcutta, RDDHI-India. ISBN 81-85292-07-8 [The postal history through 1858] Mazumdar, Mohini Lal (1990) The Imperial Post Offices of British India. Calcutta ...

  6. Political integration of India - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Freedom at Midnight - Wikipedia

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    Freedom at Midnight (1975) is a book by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre about the events around the Indian independence movement and partition.It details the last year of the British Raj, from 1947 to 1948, beginning with the appointment of Lord Mountbatten of Burma as the last viceroy of British India, and ending with the death and funeral of Mahatma Gandhi.

  8. History of Indian foreign relations - Wikipedia

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    Partition of India and Relations with Pakistan: One of the major foreign policy issues that India faced after its independence in 1947 was the violent partition of the subcontinent and the emergence of Pakistan as a separate state. India and Pakistan had tense relations due to border disputes, which led to several wars between the two countries ...

  9. India's Struggle for Independence - Wikipedia

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    India's Struggle for Independence is a book written by historians Bipan Chandra, Mridula Mukherjee, Aditya Mukherjee, Sucheta Mahajan, and K. N. Panikkar, and published by Penguin Random House in 1987. [1] The book examines the Indian independence movement.