NCERT Politics in India since Independence for Class 12 - latest edition as per NCERT/CBSE

The book examines the political development of India after Independence, including nation-building, the Congress system, planned development, foreign policy, the Emergency, popular movements, regional aspirations and the rise of coalition politics.

The current textbook contains 8 major chapters:

Ch.ChapterPrinted starting page1Challenges of Nation-Building12Era of One-Party Dominance293Politics of Planned Development474India's External Relations695Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System806The Crisis of Democratic Order1017Regional Aspirations1248Recent Developments in Indian Politics145

The current NCERT chapter files confirm the 2026–27 reprint and the printed pagination—for example, Chapter 2 begins around p. 34 within its chapter pagination and the book's cumulative page numbering places it after the opening section; Chapter 4 begins at p. 69, Chapter 6 at p. 101, and Chapter 8 reaches the final section around p. 152.

Page-number note: NCERT's PDF viewer page count and the printed page number on the textbook page are not always identical. For school/book references, use the printed page number.