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037			_cPurchased _nPrism Books, Kadavanthra, Kochi
041			_aEnglish
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100			_aTaylor C. Sherman
245			_aNEHRU'S INDIA : History in Seven Myths
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260			_aNew Jersy _bPrinceton University Press _c2022/01/01
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500			_aNehru’s India brings a provocative but nuanced set of new interpretations to the history of early independent India. Drawing from her extensive research over the past two decades, Taylor Sherman reevaluates the role of Jawaharlal Nehru, India’s first prime minister, in shaping the nation. She argues that the notion of Nehru as the architect of independent India, as well as the ideas, policies, and institutions most strongly associated with his premiership—nonalignment, secularism, socialism, democracy, the strong state, and high modernism—have lost their explanatory power. They have become myths. Sherman examines seminal projects from the time and also introduces readers to little-known personalities and fresh case studies, including India’s continued engagement with overseas Indians, the importance of Buddhism in secular India, the transformations in industry and social life brought about by bicycles, a riotous and ultimately doomed attempt to prohibit the consumption of alcohol in Bombay, the early history of election campaign finance, and the first state-sponsored art exhibitions. The author also shines a light on underappreciated individuals, such as Apa Pant, the charismatic diplomat who influenced foreign policy from Kenya to Tibet, and Urmila Eulie Chowdhury, the rebellious architect who helped oversee the building of Chandigarh. Tracing and critiquing developments in this formative period in Indian history, Nehru’s India offers a fresh and definitive exploration of the nation’s early postcolonial era.
650			_aHistory and Biography- Jaeaharlal Nehru
650			_aJawaharlal Nehru -1947-1964- Statesman of India
650			_aJawaharlal Nehru- first prime minister in India
650			_aHistorical and Political Accounts- After 1947
650			_aHistory of Independent India
650			_aNehru's Political and Biographical Accounts
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