Post Independence Book for UPSC

The post-independence history of India is a crucial topic in UPSC mains GS paper I, focusing on 'Post-independence consolidation and reorganization within the country'.

The UPSC syllabus doesn't provide specific sub-headings or detailed topics for candidates to study within this subject. Given that 73 years have passed since India gained independence in 1947, numerous significant events have shaped the nation's progress.

Nehruvian Era

• Aftermath of partition
• Integration of princely states
• Official language issue
• Reorganisation of states
• Tribal consolidation and issues
• Foreign policy of Pandit Nehru

PM Shastri Era

• Official language issue
• Food shortage
• Economic crisis
• Indo-Pak war

PM Indira Gandhi Era

• Official language
• Split in Congress (diminishing of Congress hegemony in regions)
• Issue of inflation
• Green revolution
• Punjab crisis – Operation Blue Star
• Land reforms
• Bank nationalisation
• Emergency
• Naxal movement
• 1971 war with Pakistan
• Janta movement

PM Rajiv Gandhi Era

• Environment (focus on this topic for the first time by the government)
• Anti-defection law
• Women movements – Dowry Prohibition Act, Shah Bano case
• Modernisation of army
• Panchayati Raj