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Independent India had to join territories, write institutions and face wars, elections and social change. Start with the national story. Use the state-leadership shelf when you need it.
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India After Independence
22 articlesChapter 1 – A. Integration Nation-Building
9 articlesA.1 Integrating the Princely States
- Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: The Iron Man of IndiaModHist0223
- Article 35AModHist0105
- V. P. Menon: The Administrator Behind India’s IntegrationModHist0049
- Ending the Privy Purse: The 26th Constitutional Amendment, 1971ModHist0045
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli: The 1954 Liberation Before GoaModHist0038
- Article 370: Kashmir’s Special Status and Its 2019 RemovalModHist0036
- Sikkim’s 1975 Merger: From Chogyal to India’s 22nd StateModHist0034
- Junagadh: A Referendum Settles a Reverse-Kashmir DisputeModHist0021
- Integrating the Princely States: Kashmir, Hyderabad,ModHist0020
13 articlesA.2 Linguistic Reorganisation Statehood Movements
- Potti SreeramuluModHist0269
- The States Reorganisation Commission and Linguistic StatesModHist0054
- The 1969 Telangana Movement: A 45-Year Road to StatehoodModHist0053
- Harit Pradesh: The Demand to Split Uttar PradeshModHist0051
- The Bodoland Movement: From Agitation to Autonomous CouncilModHist0050
- Goa’s Long Road to Statehood: The 1967 Opinion PollModHist0044
- Arunachal Pradesh: From NEFA to Statehood, and the McMahon LineModHist0043
- Mizoram’s Path to Statehood: From Famine to Peace AccordModHist0042
- Nagaland’s Path to Statehood: Insurgency and NegotiationModHist0041
- India’s Official Language Debate: The 1965 Anti-Hindi AgitationModHist0040
- The Punjabi Suba Movement and the 1966 Reorganisation of PunjabModHist0039
- The Founding of Panchayati Raj: From Committee to ConstitutionModHist0031
- The Telangana Peasant Uprising, 1946-1951ModHist0027
20 articlesChapter 2 – B. Post-Independence Politics, Wars Governance
3 articlesB.1 Nehru Era Foreign Policy
4 articlesB.2 Shastri, Wars the 1965-1971 Era
5 articlesB.3 Indira Gandhi, Emergency Aftermath
- The Emergency (1975-77)ModHist0302
- Why the Emergency Was Declared: The Allahabad VerdictModHist0035
- 1984: Operation Blue Star, Assassination, and BhopalModHist0015
- The Janata Party Interlude, 1977-1979ModHist0014
- Indira Gandhi: A Turbulent Life in Power (1917-1984)ModHist0002
6 articlesB.4 Later National Politics
- D.P. DharModHist0261
- India’s Turn into the 21st CenturyModHist0067
- President’s Rule and Its Misuse: The Bommai Case, 1994ModHist0046
- The Babri Masjid Demolition and Its AftermathModHist0018
- V.P. Singh and the Mandal Commission ControversyModHist0017
- Rajiv Gandhi and the Shah Bano ControversyModHist0016
2 articlesB.5 India’s Neighbourhood Regional Conflicts
37 articlesChapter 3 – C. State Leadership: Chief Ministers Regional Icons
14 articlesC.1 First Chief Ministers of the States
- T.K. Narayana PillaiModHist0238
- O.P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar: Madras’s First CMModHist0237
- Prafulla Chandra GhoshModHist0235
- Gian Singh Rarewala: First Head of Government of PEPSUModHist0229
- Gopi Chand Bhargava: Punjab’s First Chief MinisterModHist0232
- K. Chengalaraya ReddyModHist0228
- Hiralal Shastri: Rajasthan’s First Chief MinisterModHist0226
- Harekrushna MahtabModHist0227
- Ravi Shankar ShuklaModHist0225
- Sri Krishna SinhaModHist0221
- B.G. KherModHist0222
- SampurnanandModHist0216
- Kailash Nath KatjuModHist0214
- Sucheta Kripalani: From Midnight Independence to Chief MinisterModHist0026
23 articlesC.2 Long-Serving Influential Chief Ministers
- P.V. Narasimha RaoModHist0299
- Parkash Singh Badal: Youngest, Then Oldest, at the Same JobModHist0285
- Shyama Charan ShuklaModHist0284
- Madhavsinh SolankiModHist0283
- Mohan Lal SukhadiaModHist0282
- Devaraj UrsModHist0281
- Devi LalModHist0280
- Yashwantrao ChavanModHist0279
- Biju Patnaik: The Pilot Who Flew Into Someone Else’s WarModHist0278
- K. Karunakaran: Four Terms, One Very Short OneModHist0277
- Bhaurao PatilModHist0276
- N.T. Rama Rao (NTR)ModHist0275
- K. Kamaraj: The Uneducated Genius Who Made KingsModHist0274
- J. JayalalithaaModHist0273
- Karpoori ThakurModHist0272
- C.N. AnnaduraiModHist0271
- C. RajagopalachariModHist0270
- M.G. Ramachandran (MGR)ModHist0259
- E.M.S. NamboodiripadModHist0257
- Jyoti BasuModHist0254
- M. KarunanidhiModHist0253
- Damodaram Sanjivayya: India’s First Dalit Chief MinisterModHist0250
- T. Prakasam: The Andhra KesariModHist0220
9 articlesChapter 4 – D. Builders of the Republic: People & Institutions
8 articlesD.1 Freedom Fighters Public Figures
- C. Subramaniam: The Politician Who Planted India’s Green RevolutionModHist0286
- Verrier Elwin: The Missionary Who Shaped Tribal PolicyModHist0268
- Jagjivan Ram: India’s Longest-Serving Cabinet MinisterModHist0267
- Sarvodaya: Gandhi’s Word for Universal WelfareModHist0266
- Sant Niranjan Dass Ji: Dera Sach Khand Ballan’s Spiritual HeadModHist0265
- Jayaprakash NarayanModHist0252
- Syama Prasad MookerjeeModHist0104
- Ram Manohar Lohia: Underground Resistance and Socialist PoliticsModHist0025
1 articlesD.2 Bengal Renaissance Culture
- D.Y. PatilModHist0289