Post-independence consolidation to 1991
From Shastri to the Emergency and the Janata government
Concepts to cover
- Shastri 1964-66, Jai Jawan Jai Kisan, 1967 elections with Congress losing eight states, Samyukta Vidhayak Dal governments, defections
- Syndicate versus Indira Gandhi, presidential election 1969, Congress (R) and Congress (O), bank nationalisation, privy purse abolition, Garibi Hatao 1971
- Navnirman in Gujarat, Bihar movement and Jayaprakash Narayan's Total Revolution, railway strike 1974, Allahabad High Court judgment 12 June 1975, Emergency 25 June 1975, 42nd Amendment
- 1977 elections, Janata Party, Morarji Desai and Charan Singh governments, Shah Commission, 44th Amendment, Indira's return 1980
Where to study
Politics in India Since Independence, Textbook in Political Science for Class XII (prelims and contents)
- ch. 5 Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System
- ch. 6 The Crisis of Democratic Order
India Since Independence (Bipan Chandra, Mridula Mukherjee, Aditya Mukherjee), Google Books record with table of contents
- ch. From Shastri to Indira Gandhi 1964-1969
- ch. The Indira Gandhi Years 1969-1973
- ch. The JP Movement and the Emergency
- ch. The Janata Interregnum and Indira Gandhi's Second Coming
A Brief History of Modern India · Rajiv Ahir (Spectrum)
- ch. 39 After Nehru