ISBN: 9780143104094    Publisher: PENGUIN INDIA Year of publishing: 2008     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 788        Language: English

The book describes the journey that India embarked upon post a century-long struggle for freedom. Thorough details right from the way in which the constitution was framed till the Nehruvian era, the evolution of foreign policies and the various reforms post 1991, are explained in detail in this book. India Since Independence describes issues which contemporary India faced like untouchability, anti-caste problems, the Punjab problem and the party politics in the Centre and the states. The newer editions provide readers with an overview of the Indian economy in the new millennium with the objective assessments of various leaders like Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Indira Gandhi and Manmohan Singh being analyzed. A sequel to India's struggle for Independence, India Since Independence is a thoroughly informative and insightful book regarding the evolution of India since its independence. The book provides a bird's-eye view into the various good and bad times which the world's largest democracy, India, faced and overcame. The book is available in paperback and was published by Penguin India on 11th February, 2008.
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Dr. Bipan Chandra is an Indian historian, who is known for his expertise in subjects relating to the political and economic history of modern India. He is the author of well known books like Communalism: A Primer, Ideology and Politics in Modern India, Communalism in Modern India, Freedom Struggle and Indian National Movement: The Long Term Dynamics.Mridula Mukherjee is a professor of Modern Indian History at the Centre for Historical Studies and is also the Director of Nehru Memorial Museum and Library. She has authored Peasants in India's Non-Violent Revolution' and Colonializing Agriculture. Aditya Mukherjee, apart from being an author, is a professor at St. Stephen's college in Delhi and a the Director of the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Advanced Study at JNU.
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