panth (Sikh community) ref 1
Paraiyas ref 1
Param Vir Chakra (military honour) ref 1
Paris ref 1 Park, Richard ref 2
Parliament (British) ref 1
Parliament (Indian) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23, ref 24, ref 25, ref 26
and atomic weapons ref 1
and China ref 1
and Chou En-lai ref 1
decline of ref 1
and economic development ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
and the film industry ref 1, ref 2
and the 1957 general election ref 1
and the 1962 general election ref 1
Indira and ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Jayaprakash Narayan’s march on ref 1
And Nehru’s successor ref 1
president Carter’s address to ref 1
provisional 1949 ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
and the removal of princely privileges ref 1
and the Scheduled Castes ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
and the State of Emergency ref 1
terrorist attack on ref 1
and tribal India ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Parliament (Japanese) ref 1
Parmar, Y. S. ref 1
Parry, Jonathan ref 1
Parsis ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Part C States ref 1
Parthasarathi, G. ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Partition and Independence ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8
India becomes Republic 1949 ref 1
and the Indian Muslims ref 1
language ref 1
opposition to ref 1, ref 2
and ‘princely India’ ref 1, ref 2
reasons for partition ref 1
refugees of ref 1, ref 2
toll of the violence ref 1, ref 2
Pataskar, H. V. ref 1
Patel, Chimanbhai ref 1
Patel, H. M. ref 1
Patel, Manibhen ref 1
Patel, Vallabhbhai ‘Sardar’ ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23, ref 24, ref 25, ref 26
animosity with Nehru ref 1
and China ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
and the civil code ref 1
and the Constitution ref 1, ref 2
and the film industry ref 1
and Gandhi’s death ref 1
illness and death ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
and the Indian army ref 1
and the Indian Civil Service ref 1
and Indian Muslims ref 1, ref 2
and Kashmir ref 1, ref 2
and linguistic diversity ref 1
reunited with Nehru ref 1
toughness ref 1
Pathans ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Pather Panchali (film) ref 1
Patil, R. K. ref 1
Patil, S. K. ref 1, ref 2
Patil, Veerendra ref 1
Patkar, Medha ref 1
Patna ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Patnaik, Biju ref 1
Pawsey, Charles ref 1, ref 2
Pax Britannica ref 1
peasantry ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7
bargadars, ref 1
Bengali ref 1
and the Communists ref 1
and the environmental movement ref 1
female ref 1
and the film industry ref 1, ref 2
and franchise ref 1
and the Nagas ref 1
Pakistani ref 1
Peking ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12
Peninsular War ref 1
Pentagon ref 1
People’s Democratic Party ref 1
People’s Education Society ref 1
People’s Independence League ref 1
People’s Liberation Army ref 1
Pepsi ref 1
Perkovich, George ref 1
personality cults ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Phalke, Dadasaheb ref 1
Pherumal, Darshan Singh ref 1
Philips ref 1
Phizo, Angami Zapu ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15
Pigou, A. C. ref 1
Pillai, K. Shankar ref 1
Pillai, Muniswamy ref 1
Ping, Deng Hsiao ref 1
Planning Commission ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7
Plassey, battle of ref 1
Pochempelli ref 1
Poland ref 1
police ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19
see also Central Reserve Police Force
Political Department ref 1, ref 2
polo ref 1
polygamy ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Pondicherry ref 1, ref 2
Poona ref 1
Poonch, Kashmir ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
popular protest (satyagraha) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12
against the Chinese ref 1
against landlords ref 1
against a national language ref 1, ref 2
against slum clearance ref 1, ref 2
against the State of Emergency ref 1
call for the abandonment of ref 1
in the ‘princely states’ ref 1
regarding Kashmir ref 1
see also JP (Bihar) movement population growth ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Portugal ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
and Goa ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Potala Palace, Lhasa ref 1
poverty ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9
Poverty in India (report) ref 1
Powell, Colin ref 1
Prabhakaran, Velupillai ref 1
praja mandals (people’s societies) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Praja Parishad of Jammu ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Praja Socialist Party ref 1
Prakasam, T. ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Prasad, H. Y. Sharada ref 1
Prasad, Rajendra ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11
Pravda (newspaper) ref 1, ref 2
Pravi Chandra Bhanj Deo ref 1
Premji, Azim ref 1
press ref 1, ref 2
freedom ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Press Council ref 1
Press Trust of India (PTI) ref 1
Pressler, Larry ref 1
Previn, Andre ref 1
Prime Minister’s Secretariat ref 1
‘princely India’ (chiefdoms and states) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
and the British ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
and Independence ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
privy purses ref 1
see also Kashmir
princes
abolition of the privileges of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
see also Maharajas; Nawabs private sector ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
property ref 1nheritance laws ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Protestants ref 1
Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) ref 1, ref 2
Provisional Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh ref 1
Public Distribution System (PDS) ref 1
public interest litigations (PILs)684 ref 1
Public Works Department (PWD) ref 1
Pune ref 1
Punja ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Punjab ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23, ref 24, ref 2
5, ref 26, ref 27, ref 28, ref 29, ref 30, ref 31, ref 32, ref 33, ref 34, ref 35, ref 36
see also East Punjab; West Punjab
Punjab Assembly ref 1, ref 2
Punjab Boundary Force ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Punjabi ref 1, ref 2
Punjabi Suba ref 1
Purana Qila ref 1, ref 2
Puri, Rajinder ref 1
Qadian ref 1
Qadir, Abdul ref 1
qaum (community) ref 1
Qayyum, Abdul ref 1
Quakers ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Quit India rebellion (1942) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Quran ref 1
Radcliffe, Sir Cyril ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Radha, M. R. ref 1
Radhakrishnan, Sarvepalli ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
radio ref 1, ref 2
see also All-India Radio
Radio Pakistan ref 1
Radio Peking ref 1
Radio Sangeet Sammelan ref 1
Rae Bareilli ref 1, ref 2
Rafi, Mohammad ref 1
Rahman, A. R. ref 1
Rahman, Mujibur ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Rahman, Waheeda ref 1
Rai, Aishwarya ref 1
Rai, Lala Lajpat ref 1
railways ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
rainfall ref 1, ref 2
see also monsoons
Raj ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8
demise of ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
and ‘princely India’ ref 1, ref 2
see also British colonialism Raj, Krishna ref 1
Raja Harishchandra ref 1
Rajagopalachari, C. (Rajaji)84 ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20
Rajan, K. R. Sunder ref 1
Rajasthan ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17
Rajkumar ref 1
Rajmatas of Gwalior and Jaipur ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Rajnikanth ref 1
Rajpath ref 1
Rajputs ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8
Rajya Sabha ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Rakesh, Mohan ref 1
Ram (Hindu deity) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12
see also Ayodhya
Ram, Jagjivan (Babuji) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11
Ram Janmabhoomi ref 1, ref 2
Ram, Kanshi ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4 Ram, Mela ref 5
Ram Rajya Parishad ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Ram, Sukh ref 1
Ramachandra ref 1
Ramachandran, M. G. (MGR) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Ramachandran, Vimala ref 1
Ramanna, Raja ref 1
Ramaswami Naicker, E. V. ref 1, ref 2
Ramaswamy Aiyar, Sir C. P. ref 1
Ramaswamy, Cho ref 1
Ramayan ref 1
Ramayan (TV series) ref 1, ref 2
Rameshwaranand, Swami ref 1
Rana Pratap ref 1
Ranadive, B. T. ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Ranbir Sena ref 1
Ranbirsinghpura ref 1
Ranchi ref 1
Ranga, N. G. ref 1, ref 2
Rangoon ref 1, ref 2
Ranjit Singh, Maharaja ref 1
Rann of Kutch ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Rao, B. Shiva ref 1, ref 2
Rao, K. V. Narayana ref 1
Rao, N. T. Rama ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Rao, P. V. Narasimha ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8
rape ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Rashtriya Janata Dal ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16, ref 17, ref 18, ref 19, ref 20, ref 21, ref 22, ref 23, ref 24, ref 25, ref 26, ref 27, ref 28
Rasul, Begum Aizaz ref 1, ref 2
Rath, Nilakantha ref 1
Rau, B. N. ref 1, ref 2
Rau Committee ref 1
Rau, Sir B. N. ref 1
Ravi river ref 1, ref 2
Rawalpindi, Pakistan ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Ray, A. N. ref 1, ref 2
Ray, Annada Sankar ref 1
Ray, S. S. ref 1
Ray, Satyajit ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
Rayagada ref 1
Razakars ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Razvi, Kasim ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Reader’s Digest (magazine) ref 1
Red Army ref 1
Red Fort ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
Red India ref 1
Reddi, Ramchandra ref 1
Reddy caste ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Reddy, Justice Jeevan ref 1
Reddy, N. Sanjiva ref 1, ref 2
Reddy, Nagi ref 1
Reddy, Ravi Narayan ref 1, ref 2
Reddy, Sanjiva ref 1
Reddy, Snehalata ref 1
Rediffusion ref 1, ref 2
Rees, Major General T. W. ‘Pete’ ref 1, ref 2
refugees
environmental ref 1
of Partition ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9
anti-Bengal riot (1960) ref 1
food shortages ref 1
numbers ref 1
women ref 1
Rehmatnagar ref 1
Reliance industries ref 1
religion ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
see also specific religions Renu, Phanishwaranath ref 1
Representation of the People Act ref 1
Republic Day ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
Republican Party of India ref 1, ref 2
Republicans (American) ref 1, ref 2
Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) ref 1
Reserve Bank ref 1
Reston, James (Scotty) ref 1
Ribeiro, J. F. ref 1
rice ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5
rights ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4
minority ref 1, ref 2, ref 3
tribal ref 1
women’s ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6
Rihand River ref 1
riots ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12, ref 13, ref 14, ref 15, ref 16
Ritambara, Sadhvi ref 1
Roberts, Andrew ref 1
Robinson, Joan ref 1
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