India Since 1947 - The Independent Years

Author: Gopa SabharwalPublisher: PenguinYear: 2007Language: EnglishPages: 392ISBN/UPC (if available): 0143102745 DescriptionThe most comprehensive compendium on post-1947 India.This definitive guide to independent India takes us through the events and personalities that have shaped India in the sixty years since 1947. Starting with Independence Day, it covers the decades in which the subcontinent saw the rise of democracy, its metamorphosis from an economy driven by self-sufficiency to one propelled by the economic reforms of the 1990s, and the concurrent liberalization, privatization and globalization that boosted India’s growth rate. It also marks the transition from the era of single-party dominance to that of coalition politics.Arranged chronologically, India since 1947 covers a wide range of topics, from the coming into being of the Indian dominion, India’s first elections, the Green Revolution, the Five-Year Plans, and the infamous Emergency (soon reversed by the democratic proce