Emergence of Planning System in India Planning as a process of rebuilding economy earned worldwide public support in 1940’s & 1950’s There was a general consensus on one point that…
Economic Development of India Mixed Economy Model Post-Independence condition: Poverty, illiteracy, ruined agriculture & industry [arr] Distorted Economy. Ensuring well-being and economic development were the important challenges for the Indian…
Rise of Democracy in India Faced with such serious challenges, other leaders from different countries resisted democracy as a form of governance. According to the leaders of different countries who…
Linguistic Reorganization of States In 1917, the Congress Party had committed itself to the creation of linguistic provinces in a Free India. After Congress’s Nagpur Session in 1920, the principle…
Issue of Official Language of India Being a foreign language Gandhi opposed the idea of English to be overall medium of communications in free India, hence, Hindi was chosen to…
Tribal Integration During colonial times money lenders, traders & petty officials invaded the tribal areas and disrupted the tribal’s traditional way of life. To conserve forests and to facilitate their…
Integration of Princely States Unifying post partition India & princely states under one administration was perhaps the most important task faced by then political leadership. In colonial India, nearly 40% of…
India After Independence Partition and its aftermath Freedom came with Partition which resulted in large scale communal violence & riots In initial few years of independence India faced daunting challenges…