India since independence

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Cover India Since Independence Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Prologue Figuers The Interim Cabinet as on 15 October 1946 Indira Gandhi, Sanjay Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Jawarhalal Nehru Moraji Desai, Indira Gandhi and D. R. Gadgil at a meeting of the Planning Commission in 1968, when they were theFinance Minister, Prime Minister and Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, respectively Indira Gandhi addressing the nation from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Independence Day Jayaprakash Narayanan Sanjay Gandhi V. P. Singh, Chandra Shekar and Ramakrishna Hegde at the foundation of the Janata Dal in October 1988 Justice H. R. Khanna Chandra Shekar, Karpoori Thakur, S. R. Bommai, George fernandesand Biju Pattnaik (sitting), all leaders of the Janata Party before thedisintegration of the Janata Party in 1979 V. P. Singh, Rajiv Gandhi and Arun Singh, when they were the Defence Minister,Prime Minister and the Minister of State for Defence, respectively Nineteenth-Century Intellectuals and the Emergence of Nationalist thought An Economic Critique of Colonialism The Spirit of Swadeshi Gandhi’s Emergence: Champaran, Kheda and Ahmedabad The Nationalist Upsurge: Jallianwala Bagh to Non-cooperation The Indian National Congress: From Lahore to Karachi The Indian National Congress: From Lahore to Karachi The Emergence of Gandhi and the Nationalist Struggle Indian Capitalists and the Freedom Struggle The Bombay Plan and Nehruvian Socialism Independence and the Emergence of Nehru The Interim Government and the Emergence of Nehru The Communal Rift Widens The Constituent Assembly Comes into B Liaquat Ali Khan’s Budget Proposal Nehru Emerges as the Leader The Era of Nehruvian Socialism The Congress Era The Socialistic Pattern and Planned Economy From Avadi to Nagpur The End of the Nehru Era, the ShastriInterlude and the Emergence of Indira The Five-Year Plans and the Congress fortunes From Nehru to Indira The Sino-Indian Confl ict, the Kamaraj Plan and Nehru’s Darkest Hour The Shastri Interlude Indira Gandhi as Prime Minister The Decline of the Congress and Indira’s Rise Indira’s Initial Challenges A Reversal of fortunes The Socialist Shift The Congress Split The Congress Party’s Shift to the Command Mode Dumb Doll to a Ruthless Leader The Maruti Story The Privy Purses and Snap Polls The Elections of 1971 Indira Under Siege and JP Arrives on the Scene The Economy in Crisis The Gujarat Movement The Bihar Movement The Railway General Strike JP Arrives on the Political Scene The Emergency The Midnight Proclamation and the Clampdown Tampering with the Law The 42nd Constitution Amendment: Restricting the Judiciary Some Features of the Emergency Regime The Story of Resistance The Janata Party Why Did Indira Decide to Hold Elections? The Formation of the Janata Morarji Desai’s Election as Prime Minister Restoring the Constitution The Janata’s Disintegration The Charan Singh Interlude The Turbulent Years: 1980–84 The Disintegration of the Janata and the Birth of the BJP Sanjay Gandhi’s Rise and Fall Rajiv Gandhi’s Arrival The Rise of Regional Parties The Assam Problem Turmoil in Punjab The Rajiv Gandhi Era The Punjab and the Assam Accords The Congress Centenary Session The Bofors Scandal Ayodhya and Shah Bano The National Front and the Janata Dal The V. P. Singh Era V. P. Singh’s Election as Prime Minister The Assembly Elections and the Mehem Controversy Mandal, Mandir and the Fall The Fallout Epilogue Bibliography Index Back cover