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Independent India 1947 - 2000 / Singer, Wendy 2012  Book
Singer, Wendy Book
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Publication London, Longman, 2012.
Description Black spine
Series Seminar Studies
Summary/Abstract Describes the broader history of political movements and cultural transformations from different perspectives. Provides key examples that demonstrate the experiences of men and women from the many classes and cultures that comprise modern India. Supported by extracts from primary source historical documents, a chronology, glossary, Who's who of key figures and guide to furthur reading.
Contents PART ONE ANALYSIS Implementing a secular state Consolidating the nation The China War (1962) Modernism, government and the arts Green and other revolutions The Naxalbari rebellion Democratic watersheds The Emergency Social history at the crossroads of local, national and global movements Mayawati and Phoolan Devi PART TWO DOCUMENTS Furthur reading References
Standard Number 9780582414945 Pb.
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India after Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy / Guha, Ramachandra 2008  Book
Guha, Ramachandra Book
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Publication London, Picador India, 2008.
Description 898pWhite and orange spine
Summary/Abstract A magisterial account of the pains, the struggles, the humiliations, and the glories of the world's largest and least likely democracy, Ramachandra Guha's India After Gandhi is a breathtaking chronicle of the brutal conflicts that have rocked a giant nation and the extraordinary factors that have held it together. An intricately researched and elegantly written epic history peopled with larger-than-life characters, it is the work of a major scholar at the peak of his abilities.
Standard Number 9780330505543 Pb.
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India's silent revolution: The rise of the low castes in North Indian politics / Jaffrelot, Christophe 2003  Book
Jaffrelot, Christophe Book
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Publication Delhi, Permanent Black, 2003.
Description xiv, 505pBlue spine
Summary/Abstract Jaffrelot argues that the trend towards lower-caste representation in national politics constitutes a genuine "democratization" of India and that the social and economic effects of this "silent revolution" are bound to multiply in the years to come.
Standard Number 9788178240800 Pb.
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Nehrus: personal histories / Hasan, Mushirul 2006  Book
Hasan, Mushirul Book
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Publication London, Mercury Books, 2006.
Description 320pBlack Spine
Summary/Abstract A pictorial history of the Nehru family , well researched , with personal letters and reminiscences, from the time of Motilal Nehru till Sonia Gandhi and her children.
Contents The Kashmiris - cherished roots Motilal Nehru - the patriarch Jawaharlal Nehru - destiny's child The Nehruvian legacy - triumphs and tragedies
Standard Number 1845600193 Hb.
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Scoop!: Inside stories from the partition to the present / Nayar, Kuldip 2006  Book
Nayar, Kuldip Book
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Publication New Delhi, HarperCollins Publishers, 2006.
Description 216pBlack Spine
Summary/Abstract From personal encounters with Gandhi, Jinnah, Nehru, and interviews with Mountbatten and Radcliffe, to the 1965 Indo-Pak War and its aftermath, the 1969 Congress split and the liberation of Bangladesh this book is a compendium of the most important news-stories to break over the last sixty years, told by a man with access to the people in power, and who, in his capacity as information officer, also influenced these decisions.
Contents Introduction The Nehruvian years Shastri's Prime Ministership Indira Gandhi's reign The Emergency Tremors in the Subcontinent
Standard Number 8172236433 Pb.
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