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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But as a modernizing Turkey itself turned away from the cause , it petered out as a significant issue in Indian politics . Meanwhile , the death of Tilak and the official launching of Gandhi's noncooperation movement , both on August 1 ...
But as a modernizing Turkey itself turned away from the cause , it petered out as a significant issue in Indian politics . Meanwhile , the death of Tilak and the official launching of Gandhi's noncooperation movement , both on August 1 ...
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He was sentenced ( under the wrong section of the penal code , as it later turned out ) to six months in prison and a fine of a hundred rupees or a further month of imprisonment . Motilal , after a farcical trial in which an illiterate ...
He was sentenced ( under the wrong section of the penal code , as it later turned out ) to six months in prison and a fine of a hundred rupees or a further month of imprisonment . Motilal , after a farcical trial in which an illiterate ...
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( She then turned to the audience and announced that Jawaharlal was a modern Lord Krishna , confusing the symbols of monarchy with those of mythology . ) Nehru promptly handed the crown to Dhebar and asked him to sell it off to benefit ...
( She then turned to the audience and announced that Jawaharlal was a modern Lord Krishna , confusing the symbols of monarchy with those of mythology . ) Nehru promptly handed the crown to Dhebar and asked him to sell it off to benefit ...
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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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| العنوان | Nehru: The Invention of India |
| المؤلف | Shashi Tharoor |
| الإصدار | تمت مراجعته |
| الناشر | Arcade Pub., 2003 |
| أصلي من | جامعة ميتشيغان |
| الكتب ذات التنسيق الرقمي | 3 أيلول (سبتمبر) 2008 |
| رقم ISBN (الرقم الدولي المعياري للكتاب) | 155970697X, 9781559706971 |
| عدد الصفحات | 282 من الصفحات |
| تصدير الاقتباس | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |