An uncertain glory India and its contradictions
"When India became independent in 1947 after two centuries of colonial rule, it immediately adopted a firmly democratic political system, with multiple parties, freedom of speech, and extensive political rights. The famines of the British era disappeared, and steady economic growth replaced the...
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Princeton, New Jersey
Princeton University Press
2013.
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