Use these notes with the prescribed NCERT textbooks. The syllabus lists both books: Contemporary World Politics and Politics in India Since Independence.
Book 1: Contemporary World Politics
Chapter 1: The End of BipolarityDisintegration of the Soviet Union, the end of Cold War bipolarity, shock therapy and India–Russia relations.Chapter 2: Contemporary Centres of PowerThe European Union, ASEAN, China, Japan and other centres that shape a more complex distribution of global power.Chapter 3: Contemporary South AsiaDemocracy, military rule, conflict and cooperation across South Asia, including India’s relations with its neighbours.Chapter 4: International OrganisationsWhy international organisations matter, the United Nations system, reform debates and key global institutions.Chapter 5: Security in the Contemporary WorldTraditional and non-traditional security, cooperative approaches, terrorism and India’s security concerns.Chapter 6: Environment and Natural ResourcesGlobal environmental concerns, common resources, sustainable development and competing claims over resources.Chapter 7: GlobalisationThe meaning, causes and dimensions of globalisation, its consequences and the debates around it.
Book 2: Politics in India Since Independence
Chapter 1: Challenges of Nation-BuildingPartition, princely-state integration, linguistic reorganisation and the early choices of Indian nation-building.Chapter 2: Era of One-Party DominanceThe first three general elections, Congress dominance, opposition parties and the character of India’s early democracy.Chapter 3: Politics of Planned DevelopmentPlanning, the mixed economy, the First Five-Year Plan, the public sector and debates on development priorities.Chapter 4: India’s External RelationsNon-alignment, Asian solidarity, wars with China and Pakistan, the Bangladesh crisis and nuclear policy.Chapter 5: Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress SystemSuccession after Nehru, the 1967 election, Congress split, opposition unity and the 1971 restoration.Chapter 6: The Crisis of Democratic OrderThe Emergency, its political context, civil-liberty restrictions, resistance and the 1977 electoral verdict.Chapter 7: Regional AspirationsRegional movements and demands, democratic negotiation, Punjab, the North-East and Jammu and Kashmir.Chapter 8: Recent Developments in Indian PoliticsCoalition politics, Mandal, Ayodhya, economic reforms and the changing party system since the late 1980s.