The Republican Party of India (Athawale) is a political party in India. The party is a splinter group of the Republican Party of India and has its roots in the Scheduled Castes Federation led by B. R. Ambedkar. The president of the party is Ramdas Athavale.

The Bhoodan Movement was a land reform initiative started by Vinoba Bhave in 1951. Bhave, inspired by Mahatma Gandhi's ideals, sought to address land inequality by persuading wealthy landowners to voluntarily donate a portion of their land to landless peasants. The movement aimed to distribute land to the poor, promoting social justice and rural development. Bhave traveled extensively across India, advocating for the cause and achieving notable success in several regions. The Bhoodan Movement played a significant role in raising awareness about land reforms and inspired subsequent efforts to address rural poverty and land distribution issues.

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• Rajni Kothari's 'Politics in India' published in - 1970
• Partha Chatterjee's 'Nation and Its Fragments' published in - 1993
• Bipan Chandra's 'Communalism in Modern India' published in - 1984
• Paul R Brass's 'The Politics of India since Independence' published in - 1990

Subaltern Studies is a group of South Asian scholars who study post-colonial and post-imperial societies from the perspective of the underclasses. The term "subaltern" was coined by Antonio Gramsci to describe an inferior rank in the army. Today, it refers to people of inferior rank due to their economic condition, race, ethnicity, gender, caste, or sexual orientation. The Subaltern Studies Group aims to produce historical analyses that view subaltern groups as the subjects of history, rather than the objects of it. The group's anti-essentialist approach is one of history from below, focused more on what happens among the masses at the base levels of society than among the elite