Topics that need to be covered for Post Independence by CM Saikanth Varma AIR 18 2014

Following is the list of topics that must be covered for Post Independence.

• Partition and its impact
• Integration of Princely States
  • Junagarh
  • Jammu and Kashmir
  • Hyderabad
  • Manipur
• Integration of French and Portuguese Colonies
• Linguistic Reorganisation of States
• Integration of the Tribals
• Regionalism and Sons of the Soil doctrine
• Hindi as Lingua Franca
• Foreign Relations
  • India’s interference in international crises
  • Relations with USA and USSR
  • Relations with Pakistan and China
• Indo-Chinese war, 1962
• J.Nehru → contributions and failures
• Five Year Plans
• Opposition Parties upto 1965
• Lal Bahadur Shastri
• Indo-Pakistan War, 1965
• Indira Gandhi → contributions and failures
• General Elections, 1967
• Naxalism in India
• Split in the Congress – 1969 and 1971 General Elections
• The Challenge of Bangladesh, 1971
• JP Movement/Total Revolution
  • Nav Nirman Movement/Gujarat Movement
  • Bihar Movement/Total Revolution
• Declaration of Emergency, 1975-77 ***<IMP> 40 years anniversary
• History of imposition of President’s rule in the states
• Elections and Return of Indira Gandhi
  • Several opposition parties came together and formed Janata Party in 1977 to face the elections, where it had formed the government
  • However, its support faded and the party disintegrated, resulted in interim elections in 1980, in which Indira Gandhi won the elections
  • In 1978-79 Congress witnessed a split – Congress(I) led by Indira Gandhi and Congress(U)
• Rajiv Gandhi – successes and failures
• Mandal Commission
• Kargil War
• Telangana Movement
  • Over the question of retaining Mulki rules (provision of special preference to the people of Telangana in the public employment and universities)
  • Demand for separate state was also raised in the 1960s itself
  • Finally, a compromise was achieved by making a constitutional amendment and included the article 341D. This provided for special preference for local people in public employment to all districts in the state over outsiders
• Punjab Crisis
• Balance of Payments Crisis, 1991
• PV Narasimha Rao
• Atal Bihari Vajpayee [Bharat Ratna]
• Various Movements:
  • Dravidian Movement
  • Chipko Movement
  • Anti-Arrack Movement
  • Narmada Bachao Andolan
  • Bachpan Bachao Andolan
  • Bhopal Gas Tragedy
• Land Reforms
• Bhoodan/Gramdan Movement
• Sarvodaya Movement
  • Refers to the efforts of Gandhian followers to establish a Gandhian Sarvodaya concept
    • Gandhian Sarvodaya
      • upliftment/progress to all
      • Rejected western form of capitalism that replaced human labour
      • Focus on organisation and welfare of villages
      • Special focus on labourers, farmers and rural economy
  • Leaders – JP, Vinoba Bhave etc.
  • Components of Sarvodaya Movement:
    • Bhoodan
    • Gramdan
    • JP Movement/Total Revolution
• Peasant movements
• Indian Women since independence
• originally posted at sykobanerises