Jawaharlal Nehru
Distributed for University of Wales Press
Jawarharlal Nehru played a crucial part in shaping Indian nationalism and in the creation of modern India. His life encompassed the high-noon of the British Raj, but also its collapse and the creation of a Commonwealth of independent states. As India’s first prime minister he grappled with daunting internal problems, yet gave his country a clear identity in international affairs. One of the ironies of his career was that the dedicated democrat and social reformer was also the founder of a great, and sometimes autocratic, political dynasty.
Preface
1. The Silver Spoon: Origins, 1889-1912
2. Apprentice Congressman, 1912-1921
3. Socialist, Satyahrahi and Internationalist: the 1920s
4. The 1930s
5. The Second World War, 1939-1945
6. The Last, Slow Steps to Freedom, 1945-1947
7. Partition and Freedom, 1947-1948
8. Prime Minister, 1948-1956
9. Final Years and Mounting Problems, 1956-1964
10. Nehru’s Legacy
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