From Non-Alignment to Strategic Autonomy: India and the World India’s foreign policy since independence has been shaped by a central paradox. The country emerged in 1947 determined to protect its sovereignty and avoid becoming an […]
When India became independent in 1947, the challenge before the new republic was not only to build a political democracy or an economic system. It was also to transform the lives of its people. Poverty […]
From Scarcity to Scale: The Making of a Modern Economy When India became independent in 1947, political freedom arrived in a country facing enormous economic challenges. The colonial economy had left behind low industrial capacity, […]
Democracy, Power and the Making of a Political Nation When India became independent in 1947, it inherited a state but had to build a democratic political system almost from the ground up. The country was […]
1947–2026: Democracy, Development and Transformation On 15 August 1947, India inherited freedom. On 26 January 1950, it gave that freedom a constitutional shape. Between those two dates lay one of the most demanding transitions in […]
1857–1947: The Long Road to Independence India’s independence was not the achievement of a single movement, a single leader or a single generation. It was the culmination of a long, complex and often painful historical […]
A Civilization, a Subcontinent, a Nation in the Making India marks its 80th Independence Day celebration on August 15, 2026. This event completes 79 years of freedom since 1947 and enters the country into its […]
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