| Sr. No | Chapter | Unit Wise Topic Coverage | Links |
| 1 | Nation-Building and Its Problems | Nehru’s approach to nation-building: Legacy of partition: challenge of ‘refugee’ resettlement, the Kashmir problem. Organisation and reorganisation of states; Political conflicts over language. | Click Here |
| 2 | Era of One-Party Dominance | First three general elections, nature of Congress dominance at the national level, uneven dominance at the state level, coalitional nature of Congress. Major opposition parties. | Click Here |
| 3 | Politics of Planned Development | Five-year plans, expansion of state sector and the rise of new economic interest. | Click Here |
| 4 | India’s External Relation | Nehru’s foreign policy. Sino-Indian war of 1962, Indo-Pak war of 1965 and 1971. India’s nuclear programme and shifting alliance in world politics. | |
| 5 | Challenge to and Restoration of Congress System | Political succession after Nehru. Non-Congressism and electoral upset of 1967, Congress split and reconstitution, Congress’ victory in 1971 elections, politics of ‘garibi hatao’. | |
| 6 | Crises of the Constitutional Order | Search for ‘committed’ bureaucracy and judiciary. Navnirman movement in Gujarat and the Bihar movement. Emergency: context, constitutional and extra-constitutional dimensions, resistance to emergency. 1977 elections and the formation of Janata Party. Rise of civil liberties organisations. | |
| 7 | Regional Aspiration and Conflicts | Rise of regional parties. Punjab crisis and the anti-Sikh riots of 1984. The Kashmir situation. Challenges and responses in the North East. | |
| 8 | Democratic Upsurge and Coalition Politics | Participatory upsurge in 1990s. Rise of the JD and the BJP. Increasing role of regional parties and coalition politics. UF and NDA governments. Elections 2004-2019 and UPA government with addition of NDA government. | |
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| 9 | Recent Issues and Challenges | Challenge of and responses to globalization: new economic policy and its opposition. Rise of OBCs in North Indian politics. Dalit politics in electoral and non-electoral arena. Challenge of communalism: Ayodhya issue. | |
