Syllabus

Unit 1 REORGANIZATION OF INDIAN POLITICS

1.1 Reorganization of States

1.2 Regional Disparities and sub regionalism

1.3 Demands for statehood

Unit 2 POLITICAL PARTIES

2.1 Evolution and development of party system in India

2.2 National parties and regional parties

2.3 Coalition Politics

Unit 3 IDENTITY POLITICS

3.1 Religion

3.2 Caste identity and caste mobilization

3.3 Gender

Unit 4 ELECTORAL POLITICS AND PROCESSES

4.1 Election Commission and Electoral System

4.2 Overview of Lok Sabha Elections since Independence

4.3 Voting Behaviour and Emerging Trends

Question paper pattern

Marks 60 Duration 2 hrs

Total 6 questions of 15 marks each – Answer any four questions – (15 x 4 = 60 marks)

Sixth question – Write short notes – any 3 out of 4 – Each short note for 5 marks (5 x 3 = 15)

मराठी रुपांतर

प्रकरण १: भारतीय राजकारणाची पुनर्रचना (Reorganization of Indian Politics) 

१.१ राज्यांची पुनर्रचना (Reorganization of States) 

१.२ प्रादेशिक असमतोल आणि उप-प्रादेशिकवाद (Regional Disparities and sub-regionalism) 

१.३ स्वतंत्र राज्याच्या मागण्या (Demands for statehood)

प्रकरण २: राजकीय पक्ष (Political Parties) 

२.१ भारतातील पक्ष पद्धतीची उत्क्रांती आणि विकास (Evolution and development of party system in India) 

२.२ राष्ट्रीय पक्ष आणि प्रादेशिक पक्ष (National parties and regional parties) 

२.३ आघाडीचे राजकारण (Coalition Politics)

प्रकरण ३: अस्मितेचे राजकारण (Identity Politics) 

३.१ धर्म (Religion) 

३.२ जातीय अस्मिता आणि जातीय संघटन (Caste identity and caste mobilization) 

३.३ लिंगभाव (Gender)

प्रकरण ४: निवडणूक राजकारण आणि प्रक्रिया (Electoral Politics and Processes) 

४.१ निवडणूक आयोग आणि निवडणूक पद्धती (Election Commission and Electoral System) 

४.२ स्वातंत्र्यापासूनच्या लोकसभा निवडणुकांचा आढावा (Overview of Lok Sabha Elections since Independence) 

४.३ मतदान वर्तणूक आणि नवप्रवाह (Voting Behaviour and Emerging Trends)

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प्रश्नपत्रिकेचे स्वरूप (Question Paper Pattern)

• गुण: ६०
• कालावधी: २ तास

सूचना:

• एकूण ६ प्रश्न (प्रत्येकी १५ गुण) – कोणतेही चार प्रश्न सोडवा – (१५ x ४ = ६० गुण)
• सहावा प्रश्न – टीपा लिहा – ४ पैकी कोणत्याही ३ – प्रत्येक टीपेसाठी ५ गुण (५ x ३ = १५)

Previous Question papers

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Study material

English

Marathi

Assignments

1. Discuss the process of re-organisation of states in India with special reference to any five states including Maharashtra.  (15 marks)
2. Write in detail about any five regional parties in India covering following points – (10 marks)
   1. Origin and establishment
   2. Organisation
   3. Ideology
   4. Electoral performance, alliances
   5. Future prospects

3. Quiz https://spbuwa.github.io/ppi/ (10 marks)

4. Field visit report (5 marks)

References

India – States and Union Territories

Reorganisation acts

Regional disparities and sub-regionalism

India before partition

Languages in India

Chronological list of Indian states by formation date:

• 1950 : Odisha
• 1950 : Bihar
• 1953: Andhra Pradesh (Carved out of Madras State)
• 1956: Kerala (States Reorganisation Act)
• 1956: Madhya Pradesh (States Reorganisation Act)
• 1956: Tamil Nadu (States Reorganisation Act, formerly Madras State)
• 1956: Karnataka
• 1960: Gujarat (Split from Bombay State)
• 1960: Maharashtra (Split from Bombay State)
• 1963: Nagaland (Part of Assam)
• 1966: Haryana (Part of Punjab)
• 1966: Punjab (Part of Punjab)
• 1971: Himachal Pradesh (Union Territory to state)
• 1972: Meghalaya (Part of Assam)
• 1972: Manipur (Union Territory to state)
• 1972: Tripura (Union Territory to state)
• 1975: Sikkim (Former kingdom)
• 1987: Arunachal Pradesh (Union Territory to state)
• 1987: Goa (Union Territory to state)
• 1987: Mizoram (Union Territory to state)
• 2000: Chhattisgarh (Part of Madhya Pradesh)
• 2000: Jharkhand (Part of Bihar)
• 2000: Uttarakhand (Part of Uttar Pradesh)
• 2014: Telangana (Part of Andhra Pradesh) 
• 2019: Jammu and Kashmir (State to Union territory)
• 2019: Ladakh (Separated from J & K as a Union Territory)