Modern Indian History Politics and Society, 1953-1984
DDS Subject File No. 36 (Part 1)
Subject Files-1846-1984
Modern Indian History Politics and Society, 1953-1984
1953
Damodar P. Singhal’s research materials on independent India, with a focus on politics, development, planning, rural administration and social equality. They include Chapter 22, ‘Constitutional Reform and National Agitation’ and Chapter 23, ‘National Agitation and Constitutional Reform’, Chapter 24, ‘The Partition and Independence’ Chapter 25, ‘India After Independence’, Chapter 26, ‘Democracy at Work’, Chapter 27, ‘Economic Progress, Social Change and Foreign Policy’ and Chapter 28, ‘India After Nehru’ of Damodar P. Singhal’s untitled manuscript (undated), notes by him on the Naxalite movement, privy purses, parliament and fundamental rights, the end of the Nehru era, Indira Gandhi’s administration and bank nationalization (undated). The file also contains articles by others, entitled:
1. ‘The Panchayat System of Village Administration in India’ by Dr. Nandalal Chatterji, The Indo – Asian Culture, October 1953.
2. ‘Constitutional communism in India’ by Marshall Windmiller, Pacific Affairs Vol. 31 No. 1 March 1958.
3. ‘Community Development Programme in India’ by S. N. Bhattacharyya, The Indo – Asian Culture, October 1960.
4. ‘The Future of Indian Cities’ by Roy Turner, Asian House, Vol 1, No. 1, March 1961.
5. ‘The Indian President’ by B. A. V. Sharma and N. M. Valecha, The Political Quarterly, January – March 1962.
6. Damodar P. Singhal’s review of The Political Philosophy of Jawaharlal Nehru by M. N. Das, reprinted from the Journal of Southeast Asian History Vol. 3 No. 1, March 1962.
7. ‘Free Speech and Parliamentary Privileges in India’ by M. V. Pylee, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 35, No. 1, Spring 1962.
8. ‘Charity, Trusteeship, and Social Change in India’ by Phyllis J. Rolnick, World Politics Vol. XIV No. 3 – April 1962.
Independent India; Politics; Development; Planning; Rural Development; Consitution; Partition; Independence; Democracy; Foreign Policy; Nehru; Naxalite; Privy purse; Parliament; Fundamental Rights; Indira Gandhi; Bank nationalization; Panchayat System; Constitutional Communism; Indian cities; President; Free Speech; Social Change
Modern Indian History Politics and Society, 1953-1984
1962
9. ‘Social Analysis and National Economic Development in India’ by Albert Mayer, Pacific Affairs, Vol. XXXV No. 2, Summer 1962.
10. ‘The Struggle for Equality in India’ by Myron Weiner, Foreign Affairs: An American Quarterly Review, July 1962.
11. ‘India’s Third General Election’ by N. C. B. Ray Chaudhary, Political Quarterly, Vol. 33, No. 3, July – September 1962.
12. ‘Democratic Decentralization and the Quest for Leadership’ by K. V. Rao, The Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 23 No. 1/4, 1962.
13. ‘Democratic Decentralized in India: An Essay in Sarvodaya Approach’ by A.K Ghoshal, The Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 23 No. 1/4, 1962.
14. ‘Politics and Panchayati Raj, Iqbal Narain, The Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 23 No. 1/4, 1962
15. ‘Political Ideals of Guru Nanak’ by J. S. Bains, The Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 23 No. 1/4, 1962.
16. ‘Adult Franchise and Democracy in India’ by S. A. Haqqi, The Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 23 No. 1/4, 1962.
17. ‘The Leftwing Parties and General Election, 1962’ by L. P. Sinha, The Indian Journal of Political Science, Vol. 23 No. 1/4, 1962.
18. ‘Changing India’ by Jawaharlal Nehru. Reprinted from Foreign Affairs, April 1963.
19. ‘India’s crisis of confidence’, D. K. Rangnekar, The World Today, February 1965.
20. ‘Moslems in Indian Politics, 1947 -1962’ by Sisir Gupta, Indian Quarterly, Vol. XVIII No. 4, October – December 1965.
21. ‘The Question of India’s Development’ by Dharampal, 1983.
22. ‘Assam’s Crisis of Citizenship: An Examination of Political Errors’ by Jaswant Singh, Asian Survey Vol. 24 No. 10, October 1984.
23. ‘Fact Sheet: Eighth General Elections, Indian and Foreign Review, 30 November 1984
24. ‘Fact Sheet: Eighth Lok Sabha Election, Indian and Foreign Review, 31 December 1984.
25. ‘World Peace Through Land Gifts’ by Jayaprakash Narayan, undated.
26. ‘Law and Society’ by Y. Krishan, undated
27. ‘The Politics of Planning’, undated.
Modern Indian History Politics and Society, 1953-1984
1962
Damodar P. Singhal’s study material on the integration of states and democracy in India. They include:
1. ‘People and Parliament in India: A Study of Indian Electoral Behavior’ by R. S. Arora, Parliamentary Affairs, Volume XVI, Issue 1, September 1962.
2. ‘Generals and Politicians in India’ by Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph, Pacific Affairs Vol. XXXVII No. 1, Sprint 1964.
3. Chapter 5, ‘Parliamentary Democracy in India’, in Essays in Indian Politics and Foreign Policy by A. Appadorai, 1971.
4. Chapter 2 ‘Kashmir, Hyderabad and Junagarh’ in B. S. Jain’s The Ordeals India has been Through, 1978.
5. ‘Integration and Reorganization of States’, undated.
Integration of states; Democracy; Parliament; Parliament; Kashmir; Hyderabad; Junagarh; Integration; Reorganization; Independent India; Postcolonial India
Modern Indian History Politics and Society, 1953-1984
1971
Damodar P. Singhal’s research material on social change, education, healthcare and labour in colonial and postcolonial India, for his book on Modern India. It includes typed notes given to Damodar P. Singhal for his book on modern India, selected extracts on social change and education from Angus Maddison’s book Class Structure and Economic Growth: India and Pakistan since the Mughals (1971), excerpts from G. R Madan’s book Social Change and Problems of Development in India (1971), article titled ‘The Educational Situation in 1947’ and various newspaper clippings. Also includes extract from S. D. Punekar and C. M. George’s ‘25 Years of Labour Legislation and Social Welfare’, an excerpt from Government of India’s 1976 booklet, Years of Achievement – Education and Culture, J.P Naik’s Mudaliah Oration on health services at the 1977 Conference of the All-India Association for the Advancement of Medical Education an excerpt titled ‘Education and Culture’ from the ‘Ministry of Education’s Annual Report for 1977-78’, and D. Banerji’s paper reading of ‘Developments in the Health Services in India.’
Modern Indian History Politics and Society, 1953-1984
1975
The file contains Damodar P. Singhal’s research material on Indira Gandhi and the Emergency. It includes the following:
1. ‘The Emergency Debate’, excerpt of Lok Sabha debate, July 21, 1975.
2. ‘Extra-Parliamentary Opposition in India: An Analysis of Populist Agitations in Gujarat and Bihar’ by John R. Wood, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 48 No. 3, Fall 1975.
3. ‘Political Crisis in India, 1975’ by Richard L. Park, Asian Survey, Vol. XV No. 11, November 1975.
4. ‘Indian Fears over Parliament’, The Times, 6-1-76.
5. ‘Mrs. Gandhi’s Cloak and Dagger group takes a lesson in survival from the FBI’, 26-1-76.
6. ‘India or Indra: The question that is asked as democracy takes a beating, 26-1-76.
7. ‘Delhi Press Curbs to be made permanent’, The Times, 30-1-1976.
8. ‘Mrs. Gandhi’s Personal Rule’, The Times 2-2-76.
9. ‘Mrs. Gandhi accuses Western Press’, The Times 2-3-197.
10. ‘India: Mrs. Gandhi may find she has no choice but to stay on the Tiger’s back’, The Times, 5-3-76.
11. ‘India’s Democracy’, New Statesman, 7-8-76.
12. ‘Three months of Indian Repression’, New Statesman, 3-10-1976.
