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Genre/Form: | Biographie collective biographies Biographies Biography |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Tharoor, Shashi, 1956- Nehru. New York : Arcade Pub., ©2003 (OCoLC)606997352 |
Named Person: | Jawaharlal Nehru; Jawaharlal Nehru; Jawaharlal Nehru; Jawaharlal Nehru; Jawaharlal Nehru |
Material Type: | Biography |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Shashi Tharoor |
ISBN: | 155970697X 9781559706971 1559707372 9781559707374 9781611454116 1611454115 |
OCLC Number: | 52601188 |
Description: | xix, 282 pages ; 22 cm |
Contents: | The Nehru Family Tree: Five Generations -- "With Little to Commend Me": 1889-1912 -- "Greatness Is Being Thrust upon Me": 1912-1921 -- "To Suffer for the Dear Country": 1921-1928 -- "Hope to Survive the British Empire": 1928-1931 -- "In Office but Not in Power": 1931-1937 -- "In the Name of God, Go!": 1937-1945 -- "A Tryst with Destiny": 1945-1947 -- "Commanding Heights": 1947-1957 -- "Free Myself from this Daily Burden": 1957-1964 -- "India Must Struggle against Herself": 1889-1964-2003 -- Who's Who: Short Biographical Notes on Personalities Mentioned. |
Responsibility: | Shashi Tharoor. |
Abstract:
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. This biography focuses on Nehru's heroic efforts for, and stewardship of, independent India.
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