Nehru: The Invention of IndiaArcade Pub., 2003 - 282 من الصفحات New 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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... joined various debating societies but almost never spoke ; nor was he an exceptionally promi- nent member of the Indian Majlis , the Indian students ' group , which held its own public meetings and debates . To some degree this was a ...
... joined various debating societies but almost never spoke ; nor was he an exceptionally promi- nent member of the Indian Majlis , the Indian students ' group , which held its own public meetings and debates . To some degree this was a ...
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... joined the Indian Civil Service , but his modest level of academic achieve- ment made it clear he stood no chance of succeeding in the demanding ICS examinations . Had he joined the ICS , a career in the upper reaches of the civil ...
... joined the Indian Civil Service , but his modest level of academic achieve- ment made it clear he stood no chance of succeeding in the demanding ICS examinations . Had he joined the ICS , a career in the upper reaches of the civil ...
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... joined . " If Jawahar lives for ten years , " Motilal wrote to a nephew in 1928 , " he will change the face of India . " But he added : " Such men do not usually live long ; they are consumed by the fire within them . " The father's ...
... joined . " If Jawahar lives for ten years , " Motilal wrote to a nephew in 1928 , " he will change the face of India . " But he added : " Such men do not usually live long ; they are consumed by the fire within them . " The father's ...
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accept affairs arrest became become British called caste cause civil close communal Congress critics death decision Delhi demand democratic developing early economic elected English father followed forces foreign freedom Gandhi gave hand harlal Hindu hope idea imperialism independence India interests issue jail Jawa Jawaharlal Nehru Jawaharlal's Jinnah joined largely later leader leadership leading League letter lives London Mahatma Mahatma Gandhi major March marked masses meeting ment mind months Motilal Mountbatten moved movement Muslim nationalist never offer once organized Pakistan party passed Patel political position president prime minister principle prison provinces refused remained resign rule secular seemed serve social sought suggested thought tion took traveling turned United viceroy wrote young
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