Mother India: A Political Biography of Indira Gandhi

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Penguin Books India, 20‏/06‏/2011 - 660 من الصفحات
Mother India is the fascinating story of independent India's most complex GUPTE political figure: Indira Gandhi, the enigmatic and solitary daughter of the country's first prime minister, who rose to become prime minister herself. From being the reticent Indu in the Nehru family, Indira Gandhi became one of the great leaders of the twentieth century. Pranay Gupte explores the life and times of Mrs G, who at the height of her career was often compared to Bharat Mata Mother India. Her Garibi Hatao call and her efforts at bringing about a Green Revolution endeared her to the electorate, but controversy and criticism, too, marked her years in and out of office. From the time she engineered a split in the Congress Party to emerge as its undisputed leader in the 1960s, through the triumphal aftermath of the 1971 war, the infamous Emergency, right up to Operation Bluestar which led to her brutal assassination on 31 October 1984, Mrs Gandhi's legacy is still being determined. This comprehensive biography not only explores her career and contradictions as a consummate politician, but also her relationships as daughter, wife and mother. Packed with lively anecdotes and cogent insights, this book is both a compelling portrait of Indira Gandhi and a trenchant analysis of the politics of twentieth-century India.
 

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INDIRAS INDIA
15
THE ASSASSINATION
45
THE NEWS
54
THE AFTERMATH
72
THE LEGACY OF INDIRA GANDHI
106
DAUGHTER OF PRIVILEGE
129
7
170
LOVERS WEDDING
182
15
347
INDIRA RAJ
367
45
379
EMPRESS OF INDIA
387
FRIENDS NEIGHBOURS AND ENEMIES
415
TRANSFORMING DEMOCRACY
422
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS
445
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO THE NEHRUS
477

MARRIAGE BY FIRE
198
12
204
THE APPRENTICESHIP
223
INTO HER
248
TOWARDS THE
271
THE PERILS OF POWER
296
PARTY TIMES
325
POWER PLAYS
504
INDIA AFTER INDIRA AND RAJIV
529
54
581
248
589
325
595
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