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Women Movement in India

The beginning of the women’s movement in India can be traced back to the nineteenth-century social change development. Unlike the Western feminist movement, India’s feminist movement, according to Maitrayee Chaudhuri, was started by males and later joined by women. Feminism as a women-led movement began independently in Maharashtra a few years later, with pioneering advocates […]

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What Determines Foreign Policy

India’s foreign policy shaped different segments of the nation, including economy, geography, history, and culture. The first prime minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, helped in shaping the policy for the country. While implementing foreign policy, the nations wanted to preserve certain objectives, including world peace, independence for nations of Asia and Africa, and disarmament, as

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Post-Independence India: Economic Development Hurdles

India became independent on 15 August 1947. Economic development was one of the significant challenges facing independent India. The Planning Commission was entrusted with designing viable plans for an economic system that could contribute to the growth and development of the country and promote the welfare of the people at the same time. Thus, the

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North East Insurgency

North-East India now consists of eight Indian states: Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, and Meghalaya. Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, and Bangladesh are all neighbors of North-East India. North-East India holds a lot of importance due to its biodiversity and other resources. This region has been experiencing insurgencies, that is,

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