Bibliograph

India after Gandhi, the history of the world's largest democracy, Ramachandra Guha

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India after Gandhi, the history of the world's largest democracy, Ramachandra Guha

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [765]-857) and index

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mapsillustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

India after Gandhi

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

51480676961156

Responsibility statement

Ramachandra Guha

Sub title

the history of the world's largest democracy

Table Of Contents

pt. 1. Picking up the pieces -- Freedom and parricide -- The logic of division -- Apples in the basket -- A valley bloody and beautiful -- Refugees and the Republic -- Ideas of India -- pt. 2. Nehru's India -- The biggest gamble in history -- Home and the world -- Redrawing the map -- The conquest of nature -- The law and the prophets -- Securing Kashmir --Tribal trouble -- pt. 3. Shaking the centre -- The southern challenge -- The experience of defeat -- Peace in our time -- Minding the minorities -- pt. 4. The rise of populism -- War and succession -- Leftward turns -- The elixir of victory -- The rivals -- Autumn of the matriarch -- Life without the Congress -- Democracy in disarray -- This son also rises -- pt. 5. A history of events -- Rights -- Riots -- Rulers -- Riches -- A people's entertainments

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