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Nehru : the Invention of India

Shashi Tharoor delivers an incisive biography of the great secularist 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. The man who would one day help topple British rule and become India's first prime minister started out as a surprisingly unremarkable student. Born into a wealthy, politically influential Indian family in the waning years of the Raj, Jawaharlal Nehru was raised on Western secularism and the humanist ideas of the Enlightenment. Once he met Gandhi in
eBook, English, 2011
Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated, New York, 2011
Biographies
1 online resource (165 pages)
9781628721980, 1628721987
1086059618
Cover; Half Title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Dedication1; CONTENTS; Preface; A Note on Indian Political Movements; The Nehru Family Tree: Five Generations; 1 "With Little to Commend Me":1889-1912; 2 "Greatness Is Being Thrust upon Me":1912-1921; 3 "To Suffer for the Dear Country":1921-1928; 4 "Hope to Survive the British Empire":1928-1931; 5 "In Office but Not in Power":1931-1937; 6 "In the Name of God, Go!":1937-1945; 7 "A Tryst with Destiny":1945-1947; 8 "Commanding Heights":1947-1957; 9 "Free Myself from this Daily Burden":1957-1964 10 "India Must Struggle against Herself":1889-1964-2003Who's Who: Short Biographical Notes on Personalities Mentioned; A Note on Sources; Select Bibliography