India’s Nuclear Policy

India’s Nuclear Policy

India’s Nuclear Policy India wanted to generate atomic energy for peaceful purposes. A significant component of his industrialisation plans was the nuclear programme initiated in the late 1940s, under the…
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India’s Bilateral Relations

India’s Bilateral Relations

India’s Bilateral Relations India used foreign policy as an instrument to defend and strengthen India’s independence and to develop the self-reliance, self-confidence and pride of the masses while serving the…
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Operation Flood and Cooperatives

Operation Flood and Cooperatives

Operation Flood and Cooperatives Peasants of Kheda district, Gujarat which supplied milk to Bombay felt cheated by the milk traders. They met Sardar Patel who was from the same region…
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Green Revolution in India

Green Revolution in India

Green Revolution in India To reduce the dependence of India on foreign aids for supply for good grains during the agricultural crises like droughts, floods etc. and envisaged to make…
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Emergence of Planning System

Emergence of Planning System

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…
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Economic Development of India

Economic Development of India

Economic Development of India Mixed Economy Model Post-Independence condition: Poverty, illiteracy, ruined agriculture & industry Distorted Economy. Ensuring well-being and economic development were the important challenges for the Indian leadership.…
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Rise of Democracy in India

Rise of Democracy in India

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…
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Linguistic Reorganization of States

Linguistic Reorganization of States

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…
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Issue of Official Language of India

Issue of Official Language of India

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…
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Tribal Integration in India

Tribal Integration in India

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…
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Integration of Princely States

Integration of Princely States

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…
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India After Independence

India After Independence

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…
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