Editorial Simplified: Down to Earth on the ASAT Test| GS – III
Relevance : GS Paper III Why has this Issue been Raised? On March 27, India carried out a successful test of an Anti-Satellite (ASAT) weapon, launching an interceptor missile from…
Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Congress Dominance | Focus – Mains
The Congress party won 364 of the 489 seats in the first Lok Sabha and finished way ahead of any other challenger. The Congress scored big victory in state elections as well.
Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Challenges of Building Democracy | Focus – Mains
The country’s first general elections were expected sometime in 1950 itself. But the Election Commission discovered that it was not going to be easy to hold a free and fair election in a country of India’s size.
Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Reorganization of States (II) | Focus – Mains
One of the most important concerns in the early years was that demands for separate states would endanger the unity of the country. It was felt that linguistic states may foster separatism and create pressures on the newly founded nation.
Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Reorganization of States (I) | Focus – Mains
The process of nation-building did not come to an end with Partition and integration of Princely States. Now the challenge was to draw the internal boundaries of the Indian states.
Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – The Language Problem (4) | Focus – Mains
The language problem was the most divisive issue in the first twenty years of independent India, and it created the apprehension among many that the political and cultural unity of the country was in danger.
Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Relations with Pakistan | Focus – Mains
Despite the Kashmir issue, the Government of India adopted towards Pakistan a policy of fair dealing and of promoting conciliation and reducing mutual tensions.
Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Integration of the Princely States (3) | Focus – Mains
The state of Kashmir bordered on both India and Pakistan. Its ruler Hari Singh did not accede either to India or Pakistan. Fearing democracy in India and communalism in Pakistan, he hoped to stay out of both and to continue to wield power as an independent ruler.
Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Integration of the Princely States (2) | Focus – Mains
A few days before Independence, the Maharaja of Manipur, Bodhachandra Singh, signed the Instrument of Accession with the Indian government on the assurance that the internal autonomy of Manipur would be maintained.
Static – Modern History (Post-Independence) – Integration of the Princely States (1) | Focus – Mains
Just before Independence it was announced by the British that with the end of their rule over India, paramountcy of the British crown over Princely States would also lapse. This meant that all these states, as many as 565 in all, would become legally independent.
