Nehru: The Invention of IndiaNew from Shashi Tharoor, eminent United Nations diplomat and author of India: From Midnight to the Millennium, comes an incisive new biography of the great secularist, Jawaharlal Nehru, who - alongside his spiritual father, Mahatma Gandhi - led the movement for India's independence from British rule and ushered his newly independent country into the modern world. 'A well-crafted life of the Indian politician and independence-movement hero... A thoughtful account, likening Nehru to Thomas Jefferson in ways both positive and negative' - Kirkus Reviews |
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Jinnah's anger was principally due to Motilal's rejection of separate electorates for different religious groups , a point he had discussed with Jinnah's close aide M. C. Chagla while Jinnah was absent in Europe .
Jinnah's anger was principally due to Motilal's rejection of separate electorates for different religious groups , a point he had discussed with Jinnah's close aide M. C. Chagla while Jinnah was absent in Europe .
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As his biographer M. J. Akbar put it , “ Pakistan was created by Jinnah's will and Britain's willingness , " not by Nehru's willfulness . There was another consideration in Jawaharlal's mind when he spoke . His remarks were aimed at ...
As his biographer M. J. Akbar put it , “ Pakistan was created by Jinnah's will and Britain's willingness , " not by Nehru's willfulness . There was another consideration in Jawaharlal's mind when he spoke . His remarks were aimed at ...
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As long as the British gave Jinnah a veto over every proposal he found uncongenial , there was little else Nehru could do . Nor is there evidence in the writings and reflections of the other leading Indian nationalists of the time that ...
As long as the British gave Jinnah a veto over every proposal he found uncongenial , there was little else Nehru could do . Nor is there evidence in the writings and reflections of the other leading Indian nationalists of the time that ...
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معاينة المستخدمين - danoomistmatiste - LibraryThingAnother well written piece from this author. Provides some detailed insights into the life of this great man. A truly international figure who left an indelible mark on both the Gloabal and National ... قراءة التقييم بأكمله
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معاينة المستخدمين - dmcolon - LibraryThingTharoor's biography of Nehru starts out a bit slow, but ends as an engaging meditation on the life of one of India's founding fathers. Tharoor does a thorough job chronicling Nehru's early years as a ... قراءة التقييم بأكمله
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