The Nehrus And The Gandhis

Author : Tariq Ali
Publisher : Picador USA
ISBN 13 : 9780330438391
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nehrus and the Gandhis written by Tariq Ali and published by Picador USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Nehrus are a dynasty without precedent in the modern world; nowhere else and at no other time in recent history has a single family wielded such enduring and pervasive power over the country – and the electorate – they serve. From Jawaharlal Nehru to his daughter, Indira Gandhi, and from there, via Sanjay and Rajiv to – most recently – Sonia, this remarkable family have consistently established both the parameters and rhetoric of India’s political development. In the eighties, Tariq Ali made several trips to India, meeting a wide range of political and public figures, including Mrs Gandhi, and leaders of both the Congress and Opposition parties. The Nehrus and the Gandhis, first published in 1985, was the result. Now updated to include the most recent chapters in India’s political history, it remains as relevant as ever, offering an intricate and revealing portrait of power, seen through the continued rise – and eyes – of one family.

Author : Tariq Ali
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nehrus and the Gandhis written by Tariq Ali and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Tariq Ali
Publisher : New York : G.P. Putnam
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Indian Dynasty written by Tariq Ali and published by New York : G.P. Putnam. This book was released on 1985 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jad Adams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781575000565
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dynasty written by Jad Adams and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India, the largest democracy in the world, has for almost all its existence been ruled by the members of a single family. This biography tells of the Nehru family's 'tryst with destiny', a story of suffering and assassination that is not yet over.

Author : Judith M. Brown
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317874765
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nehru written by Judith M. Brown and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judith Brown explores Nehru as a figure of power and provides an assessment of his leadership at the head of a newly independent India with no tradition of democratic politics.

Author : B.R. Nanda
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199087938
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nehrus written by B.R. Nanda and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2007-10-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Motilal Nehru and Jawaharlal Nehru are both prominent Indian men in their own right. Motilal is known as a widely successful civil lawyer and a popular political figure, while Jawaharlal made his mark as a firm nationalist leader and possible heir of the Mahatma. This book serves as a discussion of Motilal’s life and achievements, and looks into the first four decades of Jawaharlal’s life. It shows that while the father–son tandem played different roles in the nationalist struggle of India, their close emotional bonds helped them influence each other. Their story can be combined with that of the Indian freedom movement. The book covers a number of important events in the lives of the Nehrus—from Motilal’s childhood in Agra, Jawaharlal’s acceptance into Trinity College, and Jawaharlal’s entry into the political arena, to the father–son conflict over the changing political atmosphere in India. This book also takes a look at several notable individuals who play important roles in Motilal and Jawaharlal’s lives. These include Annie Besant, the leader of the Home Rule movement, and Mahatma Gandhi, the fierce fighter for India’s independence.

Author : Pranay Gupte
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 9781610392679
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dynasty written by Pranay Gupte and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Dynasty, biographer Pranay Gupte sheds light on the Nehrus and Gandhis of India, the longest lasting political dynasty in the modern world. The family's origins can be controversially traced back 200 years to Kashmir, where the Nehrus belonged to the Kashmiri Brahman Pandit class, and it has been in power for nearly a century. Since its patriarch, British-trained lawyer and Indian National Movement activist, Motilal Nehru, ascended to the presidency of the National Congress, the family has produced three Prime Ministers—Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. The current leader of the Congress Party, Italian-born Sonia Gandhi, is widely perceived as the most powerful woman in contemporary Indian politics, and her son, Rahul Gandhi, is the anointed successor. It is a dynasty that has ruled through statesmanship, guile and political savvy. It has enjoyed enormous popularity and power, suffered enormous tragedy (Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were assassinated), and reversals of fortune. Most notably it wrested India from British colonial control and defined Independent India from its inception in 1948. Yet the founding prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, was an intimate friend of the wife of Lord Mountbatten, Britain's last viceroy. Except for a brief period—during the time of Indira Gandhi, and again after her death—the family has ruled by popular mandate, unlike other dynasties and autocracies in South Asia and the East. In this sense, the Nehrus/Gandhis are closer to the great ruling dynasties of the West, such as the Kennedys and the Bushes. The story of that family, its ambitions and striving for power, is gripping.

Author : Jawaharlal Nehru
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
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Download or read book Nehru on Gandhi written by Jawaharlal Nehru and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Stanley A. Wolpert
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nehru written by Stanley A. Wolpert and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1996 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: India's first seventeen years of independence were dominated by the goals and dynamic leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru. In this authoritative biography, a renowned expert on the history of India examines the life of the country's foremost politician.

Author : Sonia ( Ed.)
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 9780143032458
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Two Alone, Two Together written by Sonia ( Ed.) and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2004 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Remarkable for their sensitivity and humour, and replete with vivid descriptions of major personalities and events of their times, the letters chart Indira Gandhi's developments from a shy school girl into a charismatic political leader.