Post-independence consolidation to 1991
Foreign relations: non-alignment, China 1962, Pakistan wars, Goa and Pokhran
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Nehru's non-alignment, Asian Relations Conference 1947, Bandung 1955, Belgrade 1961 founding of NAM
- Panchsheel agreement 1954, Tibet 1959, border dispute and the 1962 war, its political consequences
- Liberation of Goa, Daman and Diu by Operation Vijay December 1961; Goa becomes part of India
- 1965 war and Tashkent Declaration 1966; Bangladesh war 1971, Indo-Soviet treaty 1971, Simla Agreement 1972
- Peaceful nuclear explosion at Pokhran May 1974 and its diplomatic fallout
Where to study
Politics in India Since Independence, Textbook in Political Science for Class XII (prelims and contents)
- ch. 4 India's External Relations
India Since Independence (Bipan Chandra, Mridula Mukherjee, Aditya Mukherjee), Google Books record with table of contents
- ch. Foreign Policy: The Nehru Era
A Brief History of Modern India · Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum)
- ch. 36 The Evolution of Nationalist Foreign Policy
Tamil Nadu State Board Class XII History
- ch. 8 Reconstruction of Post-colonial India