000 01597cam a2200229ua 4500
008 120425s2007 nyuabf b 001 0 eng
020 _a9780060198817
020 _a0060198818
082 _a954.04
_bGUH
100 _aGuha, Ramachandra.
245 _aIndia after Gandhi :
_bthe history of the world`s largest democracy /
_cRamachandra Guha.
250 _a1st ed.
260 _aNew York :
_bEcco,
_cc2007.
300 _axviii, 893 p., [32] p. of plates :
_bill., maps ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [765]-857) and index.
505 _aPicking 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 -- 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 -- Shaking the centre -- The southern challenge -- The experience of defeat -- Peace in our time -- Minding the minorities -- 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 -- A history of events -- Rights -- Riots -- Rulers -- Riches -- A people`s entertainments.
651 _aIndia
_xHistory
_y1947-
653 _aSouth Asia India
856 _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0910/2006052180-b.html
856 _uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0910/2006052180-d.html
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