Politics in India since independence (NCERT XII)
Nation building, integration of States and reorganisation
Practise 1 PYQConcepts to cover
- Partition and integration of princely States
- Part A, B and C States and the 7th Amendment
- States Reorganisation Commission and linguistic States
- Statehood in the North East: Nagaland, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Mizoram, Arunachal
Where to study
NCERT Class XII Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 1: Challenges of Nation Building
- pp. 1-24 whole chapter 'Challenges of Nation Building'
- pp. 2-10 'Challenges for the new nation-state', 'Partition: displacement and rehabilitation'
- pp. 13-17 'Integration of Princely States'
- pp. 18-22 'Reorganisation of States'
Indian Polity · M. Laxmikanth
- ch. 5 Evolution of States and Union Territories
The Constitution of India
- Art. 1 footnote
- Art. 371A-371H
The States Reorganisation Act, 1956
- Part II ss. 3-14
NCERT Class XII Politics in India since Independence, Chapter 7: Regional Aspirations
- pp. 1-24 whole chapter 'Regional Aspirations'