Legacy of Colonial Rule & Partition of India
Topic 01: Economic drain, institutional inheritance, Two-Nation Theory, Cabinet Mission, Radcliffe Line, migration & rehabilitation
PartitionDrain of WealthTwo-Nation TheoryRadcliffe Line
GS Paper 1
Post Independence India
Consolidation of India after 1947 — integration, politics, economy, social movements, and the present era
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Integration of the Princely States
Topic 02: Sardar Patel & V.P. Menon, Instrument of Accession, Junagadh, Hyderabad, Kashmir, privy purses
Sardar PatelV.P. MenonInstrument of AccessionOperation Polo
Integration of Tribals in Independent India
Topic 03: Isolation vs assimilation vs integration, Nehru's Tribal Panchsheel, Fifth & Sixth Schedules, PESA, FRA
Tribal PanchsheelFifth ScheduleSixth SchedulePESA
Linguistic Reorganisation of States & Regionalism
Topic 04: Dhar & JVP, Potti Sriramulu, Fazl Ali SRC, States Reorganisation Act 1956, anti-Hindi, sons-of-soil
SRC 1956Fazl AliPotti SriramuluRegionalism
Nehruvian Era — Achievements, Foreign Policy & Wars
Topic 05: Planning & PSUs, Non-Alignment & Panchsheel, 1947–48, 1962 & 1965 wars
Non-AlignmentPanchsheelFive Year Plans1962 War
From Shastri to Indira — Transition Years (1964–1969)
Topic 06: Shastri's premiership, rupee devaluation, succession & the Syndicate, Indira's rise, 1967 elections
Lal Bahadur ShastriJai Jawan Jai KisanSyndicateRupee Devaluation
End of One-Party Dominance & Multi-Party Politics
Topic 07: Congress system, 1969 split, bank nationalisation, privy purses, Garibi Hatao & 1971 verdict
Congress Split 1969Bank NationalisationGaribi HataoPrivy Purses
Indira Gandhi's Emergence & Liberation of Bangladesh
Topic 08: 1971 War, Mukti Bahini, Indo-Soviet Treaty, Simla Agreement, Pokhran-I
Bangladesh 1971Mukti BahiniIndo-Soviet TreatySimla Agreement
The JP Movement & the Emergency (1975–77)
Topic 09: Nav Nirman, Total Revolution, Allahabad verdict, MISA, 42nd Amendment, Shah Commission
JP MovementEmergencyMISA42nd Amendment
Congress Revival & the Punjab Crisis (1977–84)
Topic 10: Janata collapse, Indira's return, Anandpur Sahib, Operation Blue Star
Janata PartyOperation Blue StarAnandpur SahibPunjab Crisis
The Rajiv Gandhi Years & the Assam Crisis (1984–89)
Topic 11: Technology Mission, Assam Accord, Anti-Defection, Shah Bano, Bofors
Rajiv GandhiAssam AccordShah BanoAnti-Defection
Politics after Rajiv Gandhi (1989–99)
Topic 12: Coalition era, Mandal, Mandir, 1991 reforms, United Front, Vajpayee
MandalMandir1991 ReformsCoalition Era
Land Reforms & Cooperatives in India
Topic 13: Zamindari abolition, tenancy reform, land ceilings, cooperative movement
Zamindari AbolitionLand CeilingTenancy ReformCooperatives
The Green Revolution in India
Topic 14: HYV seeds, Norman Borlaug, M.S. Swaminathan, food self-sufficiency & consequences
Green RevolutionHYVM.S. SwaminathanNorman Borlaug
The Indian Economy since Independence
Topic 15: Planning, mixed economy, Licence Raj, 1991 liberalisation & reform trajectory
Five Year PlansLicence Raj1991 LiberalisationMixed Economy
Social Movements in Independent India
Topic 16: Chipko, Silent Valley, Appiko, women's & Dalit movements, new social movements
ChipkoSilent ValleySocial MovementsDalit Movement
India, 2000–2014
Topic 17: Vajpayee NDA, UPA-I & UPA-II, Manmohan Singh, coalition politics & key reforms
NDAUPAManmohan SinghCoalition Politics
The Present Era — India since 2014
Topic 18: Single-party majority, New India agenda, JAM trinity, Aadhaar–DBT & contemporary shifts
India since 2014JAM TrinityAadhaarDBT