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037			_cPurchased _nMathrubhumi Books, Kaloor
041			_aEnglish
082			_a954.04 _bJOS/BI
100			_aJosy Joseph
245			_aBIRTH OF A NATION _b:Twenty - One Days That Made India
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260			_aChennai _bContext _c2026
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500			_aWhile Jawaharlal Nehru, M.A. Jinnah and other prominent leaders sparred and debated in public, and Lord Mountbatten readied himself to become the Governor-General of two nascent democracies, a small group of civil servants quietly anticipated—and sought to prevent—the eventual Balkanisation of India. 25 July–14 August 1947: These were the twenty-one days that made India. The Birth of a Nation follows the work of the newly set-up States Department led by Sardar Patel, and its group of determined officials. They were pitted against a core of ruling families and their wily advisors who had declared their independence. The princely states and small republics were in alliance with orthodox Muslim rulers. These states were building diplomatic relations with foreign nations; trying to Mountbatten, Nehru and Patel; pre-empting the birth of new countries; building relations with Jinnah and the Hindu Mahasabha and the Muslim League. This is the Indian history citizens need to appreciate just how hard-won the sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic of India is—and how fragile and precious that idea is.
650			_aIndia — History — 1947–1971
650			_aIndia — History — Partition, 1947
650			_aIndia — Politics and government — 1947–
650			_aIndia — Independence movement
650			_aPatel, Vallabhbhai, 1875–1950 — Political activity
650			_aNehru, Jawaharlal, 1889–1964
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999			_c198910 _d198910