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500-600 words essay on India in 1947 and India in 2020​

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The history of independent India began when the country became an independent nation within the British Commonwealth on 15 August 1947.  Direct administration by the British, which began in 1858, effected a political and economic unification of the subcontinent. When British rule came to an end in 1947, the subcontinent was partitioned along religious lines into two separate countries—India, with a majority of Hindus, and Pakistan, with a majority of Muslims; the eastern portion of Pakistan later split off to form Bangladesh.[1] Concurrently the Muslim-majority northwest and east of British India was separated into the Dominion of Pakistan, by the partition of India. The partition led to a population transfer of more than 10 million people between India and Pakistan and the death of about one million people. Indian National Congress leader Jawaharlal Nehru became the first Prime Minister of India, but the leader most associated with the independence struggle, Mahatma Gandhi, accepted no office. The Constitution adopted in 1950 made India a democratic country, and this democracy has been sustained since then. India's sustained democratic freedoms are unique among the world's newly independent states.

                           India Vision 2020 is a Master Plan to transform India into a developed country by 2020. This idea was the brainchild of former President of India A.P.J. Abdul Kalam. By the year 2020, if things go according to the script, India would have become a force to reckon with.Indian agriculture will witness a revolution in productivity. There will be more employment opportunities for the rural folk, thanks to massive afforestation efforts and development of wasteland. The urban economy will get a shot in the arm because rural affluence will spur the demand for goods and services. There will be advances in the fields of IT, Bio-technology, medicine, and other nascent areas of technology. This will create more jobs for educated youth and enhance India’s stature in the eyes of the world. Inequalities and disparities between various groups, regions and communities will disappear.Hybrid cars will become more popular. Energy efficient buildings will become common. Suburban townships will take the pressure off crowded cities. Renewable energy, like solar and wind power, will be much in demand. There will be more participation of the young and the intellectual classes in politics which will lead to better governance. India will also become a formidable military force to counter the threats from across the border.

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Essay on India after Independence!

India is the world’s largest democracy. It is the only country in Asia that has remained democratic ever since it attained its independence from British rule. The only exception to this is the brief period of the Emergency in 1975-76, when the democratic process was halted.

But it is through the democratic route of elections that the ruling caucus was dethroned and an alternative government installed. But that did not last long and the Congress party returned to power by winning back the confidence of the people.

Many in the world were apprehensive of the success of democracy in India. Their belief was further strengthened when several countries in the region, including Pakistan, failed as democracies and chose an authoritarian and militarist path in its stead. But this did not happen in India, and we have crossed more than half a century as a democracy. India has falsified all the prophecies of doom. It is the ballot, and not the bullet, that reigns supreme in India.

India after Independence:

After a long and difficult freedom struggle, India attained her independence from British rule in 1947. But this independence came with the partition of the country. A new state of Pakistan was created with portions of Western and Eastern India, taken away from the Indian map.

West Pakistan took away Western Punjab, Sindh, and Baluchistan; East Pakistan was created with the partition of Bengal into East and West, the latter remaining with India. Thus, there was a long corridor of India that separated East Pakistan from West Pakistan. That such a formation of the new state was non-pragmatic and unworkable was proven by later events.

In 1971, East Pakistan broke its ties with the Western wing and became the separate country of Bangladesh. The subcon­tinent, which was once a single country, was divided into three nations. Meanwhile, the state of Sikkim, which was a separate kingdom ruled by the Chogyal monarchy, joined the Indian Union in 1975.