Mention the experience of Central-State relations from 1947 till date.
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In the last four decades, India has undergone a transformation from a homogeneous polity in which power was shared between the centre and the states under the control of the ruling Congress Party into one in which control is shared between the centre which has continued to be governed by the Congress Party and the states in which a variety of different parties-of which Congress(I) is one-have won executive power in the legislative assemblies. Since the end of the Emergency, and to an even clearer extent since the induction of the Rajiv Gandhi government, an entirely new chapter of co-existence between rival segments of power-holders at the centre and in the states seems to have begun. This paper discusses the changes in centre-state relations and their impact on Indian politics using the following periodisation: (1) the era of linguistic/cultural differentiation within a framework of unchallenged unity and integrity of the Indian state (1947-67); (2) the era of centralisation following the challenge from the states (1967-77); (3) an interregnum of attempts to redress the balance of influence in favour of the centre (1977-84); and (4) the era of coalition and co-existence between the centre and the states (from 1985).
In the last four decades, India has undergone a transformation from a homogeneous polity in which power was shared between the centre and the states under the control of the ruling Congress Party into one in which control is shared between the centre which has continued to be governed by the Congress Party and the states in which a variety of different parties-of which Congress(I) is one-have won executive power in the legislative assemblies. Since the end of the Emergency, and to an even clearer extent since the induction of the Rajiv Gandhi government, an entirely new chapter of co-existence between rival segments of power-holders at the centre and in the states seems to have begun. This paper discusses the changes in centre-state relations and their impact on Indian politics using the following periodisation: (1) the era of linguistic/cultural differentiation within a framework of unchallenged unity and integrity of the Indian state (1947-67); (2) the era of centralisation following the challenge from the states (1967-77); (3) an interregnum of attempts to redress the balance of influence in favour of the centre (1977-84); and (4) the era of coalition and co-existence between the centre and the states (from 1985).