India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy

by Ramachandra Guha

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  and family planning ref 1

  and the film industry ref 1

  and the 1952 general election ref 1, ref 2

  and the 1969 general election ref 1

  and the 1977 general election ref 1

  and the 1980 general election ref 1

  Gujarat pogrom 2002 ref 1

  and Independence and Partition ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5

  and ‘princely India’ ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9

  refugees ref 1, ref 2, ref 3

  Jana Sangh’s animosity towards ref 1

  and Kashmir ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10, ref 11, ref 12

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  lack of an Indian middle class ref 1

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  position in India ref 1

  post-independence need for protection ref 1

  and the Sikhs ref 1, ref 2

  and sport ref 1

  voting habits ref 1

  see also Hindu-Muslim conflict; Islam

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  nationalism

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  and Jayaprakash Narayan ref 1

  and Kashmir ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9, ref 10

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  and linguistic diversity ref 1, ref 2, ref 3, ref 4, ref 5, ref 6, ref 7, ref 8, ref 9

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  and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh ref 1

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  as responsible for India’s democracy ref 1

 
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  see also East Pakistan; West Pakistan Pakistan People’s Party ref 1

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