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India marks independence with mixed progress and poverty
A decade by decade view shows literacy doubling since 1961 and life expectancy rising, yet half of India's adults remain illiterate and malnutrition persists. From 1951 to 1995 grain output quadrupled while famines faded, yet vast poverty endures as a growing middle class coexists with endemic inequality and corruption. Noting independence heroism and reforms since 1991, observers stress India's diversity and resilience as it redefines its economy and identity fifty years on.
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United Nations Development Program
India
Ethiopia
Rwanda
United States
Oceanview
Bombay
Narasimha Rao
Mazhar Hussain
Hyderabad
Hussain
Nanda
China
Britain
Subcontinent
Pakistan
Nehru
Soviet Union
World Bank
New Delhi