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Genre/Form: | Biographies Biography |
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Named Person: | Indira Gandhi; Indira Gandhi |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Pranay Gupte |
ISBN: | 9780143068266 0143068261 |
OCLC Number: | 815939754 |
Notes: | Copyright date 2009. |
Description: | xii, 597 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
Contents: | Prologue : the funeral of Indira Gandhi -- Introduction : Indira's India -- pt. 1. The end. The assassination ; The news ; The aftermath ; The legacy of Indira Gandhi -- pt. 2. The beginning. Daughther of privilege ; The education of Indira Priyadarshini Nehru ; The death of Kamala Nehru ; Lovers' wedding ; Marriage by fire -- pt. 3. The middle years. The apprenticeship ; Into her own ; Towards the top ; The perils of power ; Party times -- pt. 4. Triumph and twilight. Taking on titans ; Indira Raj ; Empress of India ; Friends, neighbors and enemies ; Transforming democracy -- pt. 5. Beyond the dynasty. Domestic affairs ; The world according to the Nehrus and the Gandhis ; Power plays ; India after Indira and Rajiv -- Epilogue. The funeral of Rajiv Gandhi. |
Other Titles: | Political biography of Indira Gandhi |
Responsibility: | Pranay Gupte. |
Abstract:
The first major biography of Indira Gandhi covers the breadth and scope of 20th-century India and the woman who left her indelible mark on that troubled country. Both widely supported and bitterly opposed, she was eventually removed from office, only to make a stunning comeback.
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