1. INDIA
I.
I Critical Historical Junctures
II. Governance and Policy-Making
III. R
III Representation and Participation
dP
IV. Political Economy
V. Political Culture
VI.
VI Indian Politics
in Transition

2. I.
I Critical Historical Junctures
Mughal (Muslim) Empire
g ( ) p
British East India Company (‘British Raj’)
Indian (S
I di (Sepoy) Mutiny (1857)
) M ti
Government of India Act (1858)
Direct Rule under a Viceroy
Queen Victoria as
‘Empress of India’
India 1857

3. British India v. Modern India
v

4. The Struggle for Independence
Indian National Congress (1885)
Amritsar Massacre (1919)
Gandhi d Independence M
G dhi and I d d Movement
Independence &
Partition (1945)
Sectarian Violence
Gandhi Assassinated
(1948)
Gandhi and Nehru

5. Independent India
Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-64)
Parliamentary Democracy and Socialist E
P li D d S i li Economy
Indira Gandhi (1966-77 and 1980-84)
Emergency Rule (1975)
Operation Blue Star and Assassination (1984)
Rajiv Gandhi (1984-89)
Assassinated (1991)
Narasimah Rao (1991-96)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1998 04)
(1998-04)
Manmohan Singh (2004 – Present)
Congress-led coalition government
g g
Indira Gandhi

6. II.
II Governance and Policy-Making
Policy Making
Constitution
Executive
Prime Minister &C bi
P i Mi i &Cabinet
President
Legislature India’s
Lok Sabha (House of the People)
p Parliament
Rajya Sabha (House of the States)
Federalism

8. III. Representation and Participation
Congress Party
Bharatiya Janata Party
y y
(BJP)
Communist P t of
C i t Party f
India -- Marxist (CPM)
Congress PM
Manmohan Singh

9. IV.
IV Political Economy
The ‘Permit Raj and
Permit Raj’
Economic Stagnation
Forced Liberalization and
Growth
Competing in a Global
Economy
Limits on Indian
Growth
Which is the real India?

10. V.
V Political Culture
Ethnic and Religious Division
Caste System
Brahmins, K h i
B h i Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras, dalits
V i S d d li
(‘Untouchables’)
Traditional Values
T diti l V l
Support for Democracy
Corruption

11. VI.
VI Indian Politics in Transition
Poverty and
Development
Pakistan and Kashmir
Nuclear Weapons
Continued Sectarian
Strife
“Let’s make a
nuclear deal”