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Nehru: The Making of India

by M.J. Akbar · 1989 · 624 pages

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A political and personal biography of Nehru to be published before the 100th anniversary of his birth in November 1989, by an Indian journalist. He also wrote "India: The Siege Within".

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Subject
historybiographypolitics
Setting
india
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 624 pages

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