POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Mixed Economy, Scheduled Castes And Scheduled Tribes, Dalit
30 Nov 2012
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A new interview with salman rushdie following the publication of his latest book (memoir on his life during the fatwa years: claims that india is more intolerant today attacks on artists, india is no longer nehru"s india. Nehru the longest serving pm of india: central to the founding ideas of india (democracy, secularism etc, weak commitment to socialism (stronger in rhetoric than practice) Competing elite visions for india at the time of independence: nehru"s idea of india was what won out. June 3, 1947 the decision to partition india taken: the transfer of power would happen on the 14 august, (pakistan) 15 of august (india: partition violence had already begun and was made worse by the. June 3 announcement final borders decided only two days after independence (17 august) Huge refugee crisis as a result of partition (between 12 20 million people)
