Context: Liberation of Goa became a controversial topic during the political campaign in the election of Goa. Background: In 1962, Goa was liberated from Portuguese rule, 15 years after India attained freedom in 1947. Goa, not becoming independent immediately after independence was because of a variety of complex factors. Goa was liberated on 19th December 1961 (Statehood Day of Goa) by swift Indian …
Gandhi, Nehru, Patel and Ambedkar embodied the vision of India in the 1940s. Gandhi’s morality, Nehru’s political passion, Patel’s firm hand in administration and Ambedkar’s legal acumen translated the Indian national movement into the Indian nation. Some major contributions include: Mahatma Gandhi: While the world was disintegrating under fascism, violence, he preached the virtues of truth …
Utility: It can be used in essays and answers (as a diagram/chart) Challenges faced by India after Independence and its response: Challenge: 1962’s Sino-India War Response: Defence reform The new defence minister was appointed. The financial allocation for the defence was increased. Alters India’s understanding of the world and foreign policy in a fundamental way. Challenge: …
Ambedkar’s Role in Indian Unification: Legally invalidated exclusion of princely states: of Travancore and Nizam of Hyderabad from Indian union and their stance to appeal to the United Nations (UN). Represented India’s legal interest at all the three Round Table Conferences (RTC): RTCs were held with the aim of framing the 1935 Government of India …
It was series of five nuclear bomb test explosions conducted at the Indian Army’s Pokhran Test Range in May 1998. Pokhran-II consisted of five detonations, of which the first was a fusion bomb and the remaining four were fission bombs. Trigger In the 90’s came the (negotiations for) CTBT (Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty). It was a tricky situation. If India signed on to CTBT, it would mean …
Context: Larger debate on constitutional validity of A35A and A370 is needed. Refugees of West Pakistan, who had migrated to India during the 1947 partition, have moved the Supreme Court challenging Article 35A of the Constitution. What is Article 35A? It was added by a 1954 presidential order issued under Article 370, the constitutional provision that mediates …
How did the task of unifying post – Partition India and princely states take place? Give a critical account. (200 Words) The lapse of British paramountcy over the princely states posed a big challenge to integrity of the nation soon to be independent. This coupled with communal carnage and partition needed to be handled deftly. …
Critically analyse how did Ambedkar and Gandhiji view and address the issue of untouchability. (200 Words) Gandhiji was a great social reformer. He was against corrupt caste system. He did not consider caste system as altogether sinful like untouchability. The latter he considered as weeds the former as crops. Destroying the caste system is like …
Write a critical note on the nature and objectives of post-independence peasant movements in India. (200 Words) Post-independence peasant movement can be divided into two categories: Small, marginal farmers and agricultural laborer oriented. Landowners and capital surplus farmer oriented. Due to weak capacity of peasants from these sections, the mobilization was taken up mostly by …
After independence, India relied on food crop supplies from the United States under Public Law 480 (PL-480) against rupee payments. Later this measure was considered as a folly. Critically examine why India resorted to this step, its consequences and how it was able to achieve self-sufficiency later. (200 Words) India was not technologically developed on …