The Nehru epoch

The Nehru epoch
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 380
Release: 1978
Genre: India
ISBN:

Memoirs of an Indian politician covering the post-1947 period; autobiographical.

Living an Era: The Nehru epoch

Living an Era: The Nehru epoch
Author: Dwarka Prasad Mishra
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1975
Genre: India
ISBN: 9780706903553

Political history of India; account of a freedom fighter.

The Nehru Epoch

The Nehru Epoch
Author: Dwarka Prasad Mishra
Publisher:
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2001
Genre: India
ISBN:

Memoirs of an Indian politician covering the post-1947 period; autobiographical.

Nehru's India

Nehru's India
Author: Taylor C. Sherman
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2022-09-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 0691222584

An iconoclastic history of the first two decades after independence in India Nehru’s India brings a provocative but nuanced set of new interpretations to the history of early independent India. Drawing from her extensive research over the past two decades, Taylor Sherman reevaluates the role of Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister, in shaping the nation. She argues that the notion of Nehru as the architect of independent India, as well as the ideas, policies, and institutions most strongly associated with his premiership—nonalignment, secularism, socialism, democracy, the strong state, and high modernism—have lost their explanatory power. They have become myths. Sherman examines seminal projects from the time and also introduces readers to little-known personalities and fresh case studies, including India’s continued engagement with overseas Indians, the importance of Buddhism in secular India, the transformations in industry and social life brought about by bicycles, a riotous and ultimately doomed attempt to prohibit the consumption of alcohol in Bombay, the early history of election campaign finance, and the first state-sponsored art exhibitions. The author also shines a light on underappreciated individuals, such as Apa Pant, the charismatic diplomat who influenced foreign policy from Kenya to Tibet, and Urmila Eulie Chowdhury, the rebellious architect who helped oversee the building of Chandigarh. Tracing and critiquing developments in this formative period in Indian history, Nehru’s India offers a fresh and definitive exploration of the nation’s early postcolonial era.

Glimpses of World History

Glimpses of World History
Author: Jawaharlal Nehru
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 1640
Release: 2004-05-07
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 9385990063

A Simple Account of the World History 'Glimpses of the World History' is an account of the progress of the world through centuries and ages. This book is a collection of letters that Jawaharlal Nehru wrote to his daughter Indira when he was in various Indian prisons for three years. The letters were meant to introduce her to the world and its history. In the first few letters, Nehru expresses his sadness for not being able to be around his daughter and give her the materialistic gifts that other parents could but he promises to give her a gift that he could afford; in the form of knowledge and wisdom through words that come from the very core of his heart. Nehru wrote 196 letters and covered the history of mankind from 6000 BC to the time he was writing the letters. Tales of Empires A major part of these letters talks extensively about the rise and fall of empires around the world and development of civilizations as well. Nehru talks about the histories of every significant place ranging from Greece in the far West to China in the east. The book talks about the wars that were fought during these years and the greatest revolutions that overthrew established dynasties. Nehru has also written about the legendary leaders and kings who have walked the earth including right from Alexander the Great to Mahatma Gandhi. A Different View Unlike many other books that talk more or less about particular history of specific cultures, this book is a panoramic view of the history of mankind. It talks about the barbarians as well as the well behaved societies in the far west. Nehru has written this book with lot of wit which makes it an interesting read.

Glimpses of World History

Glimpses of World History
Author: Jawaharlal Nehru
Publisher: New York, Day
Total Pages: 1022
Release: 1942
Genre: Civilization
ISBN:

Written from prison, where he had no recourse to reference books or a library but his personal notes, Glimpses of World History contains the history of humankind from 6000 BCE to the time of writing of the book.

Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru
Author: Frank Moraes
Publisher: Jaico Publishing House
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2007-01-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9788179926956

Jawaharlal Nehru has won the admiration of the people of India and the world as a national leader, as a writer, as a humanist etc. Anyone who wishes to understand the controversial aspects of his personality would do well to peruse this biography. This work also traces the history of the freedom movement in India.The occasional glimpses of the family life of Nehru are enlivening. He was the most remarkable statesman, a man who enthralled everyone with his magical personality; a leader who was literally hero-worshipped and an orator of the order, who, once he climbed the rostrum and took the microphone in his hand, became one with the audience and held them spellbound. The colourful and complex personality of Nehru is viewed through Indian eyes a fact which makes the book all the more interesting.