India From Curzon to Nehru And After

Author: Durga Das
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2004
Language: English
Pages: 499
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8171675913

Description

This book is a fascinating and wholly absorbing contribution to the history of the twentieth century.

This fast-moving, lively and independent account of the politics and international affairs is enriched by intimate, perceptive and far from uncritical sketches of great leaders such as Gandhi, Jinnah, Nehru, Desai and Patel. Perhaps no other book reminds the reader so firmly that politics, even at its most exalted and dramatic, is about people. Certainly no one who is interested in India, in the history of British imperialism or in the realities of present-day Asia can neglect this goldmine of a book.

Contents

Foreword

Introduction

BOOK - I (1900 - 21)
Political Awakening

BOOK - II (1921- 39)
The Gandhian Revolution

BOOK - III (1939 - 47)
Independence Dawns

BOOK - IV (1947 - 64)
The Nehru Era

BOOK - V (1964 - 68)
After Nehru, What?

Appendix -I

Appendix -II

Acknowledgements

Index